“Pwede niyo tapakan ‘to. It’s a piece but it’s a floor mat,” said Mic Rahman. And as the artist moved...

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The newly opened Gallery Ninety at Berkeley School is among the latest must-stop-and-look places in Baguio City. Its inaugural exhibition features highlights from the body of works of foremost contemporary printmaker and former city resident Virgilio “Pandy” Aviado.
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This particular collection is a curious mix of Aviado’s oeuvre and one marvels at the countless symbolism and pun intentions.

Art critic, curator and professor Patrick Flores said, “The art gallery performs an important role in the ecosystem of the art world. It is a venue for artworks to be presented, it is also a way for the public to get access to the works — so it is important that the public and the works of the artist come together, and that happens in the art gallery. The inaugural exhibition of Gallery Ninety is important and also auspicious because it presents the works of the important printmaker Virgilio Aviado and it presents both early and new works of the artist.

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