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Description
2/23/16
acrylic on 29" x 29"

Usual depictions of the fall of dictators show their statue being dragged down by ropes, thus destroying them as they fall. In the painting, ropes drag a corpselike statue of Marcos from Polaroid frames while depictions of hands praying, holding the “laban” sign and holding a tank are framed in between the ropes. This signifies dragging something finished, something dead out of the past. Underneath are the silhouette of the Edsa Shrine skyline and Aquino pledging before it, two different places put together as one.

Martial Law was a gruesome time for our country. And while we celebrate the anniversary of our liberation from dictatorship, we still bring the gory past to the present as a reminder that our country will/should never again have to face that kind of tyranny.

Description
2/23/16
acrylic on 29" x 29"

Usual depictions of the fall of dictators show their statue being dragged down by ropes, thus destroying them as they fall. In the painting, ropes drag a corpselike statue of Marcos from Polaroid frames while depictions of hands praying, holding the “laban” sign and holding a tank are framed in between the ropes. This signifies dragging something finished, something dead out of the past. Underneath are the silhouette of the Edsa Shrine skyline and Aquino pledging before it, two different places put together as one.

Martial Law was a gruesome time for our country. And while we celebrate the anniversary of our liberation from dictatorship, we still bring the gory past to the present as a reminder that our country will/should never again have to face that kind of tyranny.