AYALA Museum invites the public to a gallery
tour on Simon Flores: His Life and Works by Kenneth Esguerra,
Ayala Museum’s senior curator and head of conservation at 2 p.m.
on Friday, April 26.
This gallery tours is in line with the
ongoing exhibition of the works of Simon de la Rosa Flores
(1839-1902) at the 3/F Galleries of Ayala Museum.
Little is known about this 19
century master, whose most outstanding works are with the Bangko
Sentral ng Pilipinas collection and a few select private
collectors.
In 1876, Flores received the first-ever
international art recognition for an individual of pure Filipino
descent. He was awarded the silver medal for his work of La
Musica del Pueblo (The Music of the Town) in the Philadelphia
Universal Exposition of the same year. He excelled in
portraiture, especially on the detailed representation called
miniaturismo, of the elaborate piña costumes and jewelry his
sitters wore.
Kenneth Esguerra has two decades of working
experience in museums in the Philippines and abroad. He is a
regular lecturer on curatorship and collections management,
Philippine art history, and museum conservation.
The gallery tour is free with museum admission. The
exhibition Simon dela Rosa Flores will be on view until May 25.
Ayala Museum is located along Greenbelt Park, Makati Avenue
corner De la Rosa Street, Makati, Philippines.
