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ABOUT THE WORK

Paulo Vinluan’s works have always dealt with the ludicrous and surreal. He sticks to his narratives told through images rendered in the manner of both Surrealist and Pop Art illustrations. But, unlike the usual suspects, Vinluan’s style does not primarily depict the world of the surreal, wholly divorced from social reality. Instead, his works imbued with a form of social critique that combines thematic complexity with creative coherency. In this piece entitled Left, Left, Left, Right, Left, Vinluan appropriates the common image of discipline and order to unearth its inherent inclination towards control and disenfranchisement. In a way, Vinluan’s work shows how the things we often take for granted often subjects us to outside control. An alumnus of the University of the Philippines and the Pratt Institute, New York. He was recognised as a finalist in both the Philip Morris Philippine Art Awards and the 20th Metrobank Young Painter’s Annual Watercolor Category. His first solo show, Speck, was launched at Finale Art File’s SM Megamall space when he graduated a year later in 2004.