GREENSTALLATION: Arts of Mother Nature

Bringing arts closer to the people, NUVALI showcases outdoor masterpieces of renowned artists to promote a deeper appreciation for the arts through public art sculptures tagged as GREENSTALLATIONS.  

These greenstallations represent a union of art and the environment to boost NUVALI's commitment to economic, social and environmental sustainability in a month-long celebration geared towards promoting a sustainable way of living through arts.   

THE LAST TREE 
Armed with a degree in Architecture from the Technological University of the Philippines, scrap metal artist Mario Mallari create things of extraordinary beauty and splendor with the use of seemingly insignificant materials like scrap metal. His design for Greenstallations called "The Last Tree," a sculpture of a man holding a tree on his palm, is representative of his design trademark as it is made from found metal assemblage.

FLOWER PRIMITIVE
The second artist in the roster is Juan Carlo Calma, an architect who took up sculpture, painting, and light design at California College of Arts and Crafts in San Francisco and has held art and architecture exhibits in San Francisco, London, and Manila. Calma's Greenstallations contribution is aptly named "Flower Primitive" as it resembles a cluster of gigantic metal sheet of a Gumamela (Hibiscus) in bloom created out of materials like Thick Mild Steel Sheet. Welded in Anzhal Red Glossy Reflective Finish, the sculpture's seemingly soft and pliant sheets of metal are formed into delicate flowers that gracefully blend and complement the contours of the contemporary landscape.

LUKSONG LUBID

Michael Cacnio is a 1996 Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) Awardee who has made a name for himself for his figurative brass sculptures that pay tribute to nature and traditional Filipino scenes. His works have been featured in solo exhibits in the Philippines, the United States and Singapore. Cacnio used Welded Brass for his Greenstallations design named "Luksong Lubid" which is a homage to a good old Filipino game.

COMMUNITY OF CREATION

Last but not the least is Eduardo Castrillo. Best known for his metal creations, particularly in brass and bronze, Castrillo's resume includes the Paris Biennial in  1971, "La Pieta" (also in 1971) at the Loyola Memorial Park and the "People Power" monument (1993) on EDSA. Made of brass, Castrillo's art piece is called "Community of Creation," a depiction of the dynamics of creative minds coming together and working as one.

This event kicks-off a series of activities that highlight the importance of art in everyday life. Set to install more art pieces, NUVALI aims to transform its landscape into a living and breathing art exhibit to remind us that nature always has something to feed our senses and that every day is Earth Day in what is dubbed as the "Greenification of Nuvali" last August 17.

Other activities include Green Art Display which features art installations that make use of non-traditional, earth-friendly and/or recyclable materials and the Ecograffiti, turning vandalism into a way that would better the community-eco-friendly street art, growing on NUVALI's walls and making a bold environmental statement to cultivate earth. In addition, from August 31 to September, man and nature will make music as the Singing Trees of NUVALI back-to-back with arts and crafts workshops for kids will be launched to encourage the younger generation to take care of Mother Earth and appreciate the many wonders and rewards of having nature-inspired art in our lives.

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