This is actually the opening day of his third solo show titled Raymond Legaspi Does the Tango which will be held at the venue until April 7.

Legaspi’s exhibit is an apy metaphor for this multi-awarded creative director who has given 20 years of his life to advertising; he recently returned to his hometown and to his art.

Legaspi’s current exhibit consists of 20 works that are paeans to the Pinoy proclivity for a happy existence, all within the milieu of the dance of free love. Coming from the Daster series with its siesta mood, Raymond Legaspi now elevates his work to another level of movement as his canvas comes alive with the sensuality and intimacy of the tango, a number of frames providing classic instrumentation with the Argentinean bandoneon. The garments of the characters still carry the images that provide a richer insight into the personalities depicted in the space, a distinctive execution technique that the artist favors.

The characters in Raymond Legaspi’s canvas tend to have corpulent bodies and smaller heads, an influence of the Chinese custom of equating size with prosperity and the size of the head with contentment. They come from all walks of life and celebrate happiness – an emotion that Legaspi unceasingly pursues – in their own fashion. He is not afraid to experiment with colors and gravitates towards the hues that some artists would tend to avoid.