Sharjah Art Foundation

Sharjah Biennial 16

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
6 Febuary — 15 June 2025

Mabini Art Project: 100 Paintings, 2009

Alfredo & Isabel Aquilizan
Mabini Art Project: 100 Paintings, 2009
Mixed media
Dimensions variable
Installation view
Gift of Security Bank Corporation
Collection of Ateneo Art Gallery

Overview

Isabel and Alfredo Aquilizan create works that use the processes of collecting and collaborating to express ideas of migration, family and memory. Often working with local communities, the Aquilizans bring together personal items to compose elaborate, formal installations reflecting individual experiences of dislocation and change.

Join the Aquilizans as they discuss their Sharjah Biennial 11 Mabini Art Project, a commentary on the status conferred to artists and paintings often considered low brow and kitsch found in the tourist belt of downtown Manila, a district within the environs of Mabini Street.

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The Mabini Project at Sharjah Biennial 11 by Alfredo and Isabel Aquilizan

Aquilizan, Alfredo and Isabel

Alfredo Juan and Isabel Aquilizan's projects are informed by their home life as well as their experience as Filipino immigrants to Australia.