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Critical Review

The Philippines is a country molded by its vast and beautiful landscape , created by the countries natural elements , shaped by a great number of influences from its colonizers . These wonders did not forbid the artistic eye of its people to create a number of astonishing artworks that reflected the history of the Filipinos during the Spanish regime

This year , Galerie Joaquin Main celebrates their fifth anniversary with an exhibit

showcasing the country 's setting during the late part of the Spanish colonial era and early American colonial period entitled Old Manila ' by Dominic Rubio . The show presenting thirty seven oil-on-canvas works , opened last November 13 and will run until November 26 of this year Rubio 's aim was to capture the melancholy and romance of these periods while offering them a contemporary feeling and magical appeal

Dominic Rubio , who turns thirty seven this year , was featured in Balik Alaala ' the inaugural exhibit when Galerie Joaquin Main opened its doors in 2003 . It was also the artist 's work , Early Times ' that became the exhibit when Galerie Joaquin Singapore opened at The Regent of Singapore

In the exhibit , Old Manila ' the community found great pleasure in supporting performing arts such as the theater , the zarzuela or dance-plays , the comedia and going to presentations . Other times , they would be visiting parks and gardens , in particular the Luneta . Or they would promenade the Binondo Arcade , or the sprawling grounds near University of Sto Tomas called Plaza Sto Tomas

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The paintings , Pamilyang Pilipino ' Malacasang by the River ' and Ginang ' displayed how Filipino families and romantic couples , wearing their fine clothing , took pleasure in strolling the paseo or bridge and the town plaza . Tatlong Sabungero ' presented one of favorite pastimes among gentlemen which was sabong ' or cockfighting

Sundays were very special occasions when the gentleman of the house would bring his best fighting cock to the cockfight and the lady of the house prepared to go for religious services both dressed in their Sunday best ( Ginoo ' and Ginang

As the Philippines became a major exporter of tobacco with Philippine cigars enjoying equivalent prestige in Europe as their Cuban counterparts , both men and women learned how to enjoy a good puff Wealth was accumulated by the compradors who handled the export trade via the government supervised export-import monopoly of the Galleon Trade between Manila and Mexico . Marrying of lovers from different cultures and races such as a Filipina and a Spaniard , Chinese or American were common at that time . This was how mestizos and mestizas came about in the Filipino race

The high-heeled gentry from the comprador group as well as the landlords who owned the large agricultural plantations came to be known as the Sesor ' and Sesora

Dominic Rubio merged the present from the past in a modern approach with this exhibit . The obvious long craning neck of his subjects in his paintings represented a sense...