Kris Soguilon at Kaida Gallery

Working Class
One-Man Show by Kris Soguilon
Kaida Gallery
19 October – 5 November 2008

Kris Soguilon at Kaida Gallery

Kris Soguilon presents Working Class, his fifth one-man show of recent paintings, at Kaida Gallery along Kamuning Road, Quezon City, from 19 October to 5 November 2008.

As the title states outright, the show presents Soguilon's visual takes on the labor sector and the individual characters who comprise the working class. The images denote the day to day stories, humorous anecdotes, and ironic circumstances often faced by ordinary workers: narratives of the widening social divide, the daily routine of ensuring survival, the often tenuous relations between employer and employee—between “master and servant” as the artist notes. The collection underscores the reality that “no one has a definite choice in life no matter how hard you work”, as the artist observes.

Kris Soguilon majored in Painting at the University of the Philippines College of Fine Arts in Diliman, graduating with a Best Thesis award in 1993.

Working Class opens on the 19th of October (Sunday), 6 p.m., at Kaida Gallery, located at the 2nd Floor, GFO Building, 122 Kamuning Road, Quezon City, Philippines 1102. The show runs until the 5th of November 2008. For inquiries, please call (632) 4144777 or write info@kaidagallery.com.