Guide to the Night and Noonday Skies (Exhibition Opening) (Set of 45 Photographs)

A compilation of photographs taken at the opening of Chabet's 'Guide to the Night' and 'Noonday Skies', two simultaneous exhibitions at Finale and West Gallery, SM Megamall, on Chabet's 64th birthday, 29 March 2001.

Notable figures include: Roberto Chabet (Image 1, 3, 9-11, 14-18, 24, 26, 33-35, 41, 44), Joy Dayrit (Image 1), Danny Dalena (Image 1, 2, 13, 19, 41, 43), Ben Bautista (Image 2, 10, 24), Nini Dalena (Image 2, 13, 19, 41, 43), Trina Valenzuela (Image 5), Pardo de Leon (Image 5), Waling Gorospe (Image 5), Antonio Austria (Image 7, 13, 19, 41), Patrick Johnson (Image 7, 34), Yolanda Johnson (Image 7, 33-34), Carmen Mesina (Image 7, 20), Ronald Achacoso (Image 8, 15), Juni Salvador (Image 8, 16, 33), Agnes Arellano (Image 9), Ramon Katigbak (Image 10-11, 24), Tigi Barcelona (Image 10, 24), Aba Dalena (Image 13), Rene Navas (Image 14), Mona Santos (Image 14, 28), Soler Santos (Image 14, 28, 38), Katya Guerrero (Image 15), Gerry Tan (Image 23, 28, 30), RM de Leon (Image 27), Francine Medina (Image 31), Gang Badoy (Image 31, 42), Jose Beduya (Image 32), Jessica del Mundo (Image 32), Lisa Bayot (Image 34), Annie Cabigting (Image 36), Jonathan Olazo (Image 37, 39-40), Danny Paz (Image 38), Gemo Tapales (Image 41, 45)

Excerpt from the press release written by Chabet:
'Collectively titled 'Guide to the Night and Noonday Skies', the exhibitions consist of two multi-part installations of paintings intended as two contrasting panels of an extended diptych.

'Guide to the Night' at Finale features Observatory 2001, 'a 7 x 15 ft. black painting with a neon-lit aluminum cane traversing the dark surface, which is flanked by two beeswaxed 7 x 4 ft. paintings, Orbit 2001, with three tiny horseshoe shaped magnets resting on a metal shelf and Planet 2001, with a deflated globe hanging from a string.' Also accompanying the paintings at Finale is a photograph of 'His Most Serene Highness Prince Albert of Monaco', standing on a piece of broken ice floating in the middle of Recherche Bay.

'Noonday Skies' at West Gallery features Icarus at Noon, 'an equally large, pale blue painting with a white parachute dropping to the floor from a windowsill-like shelving. Accompanying it is a group of small blue paintings arranged to suggest windows and wall openings.'

The exhibit explores minimalist monochromatic space and contemplates the random intrusion of commonplace objects in its vacuum.'

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Guide to the Night and Noonday Skies (Exhibition Opening) (Set of 45 Photographs)