Carlos "Totong" Francisco II

my opening exhibit PITCH BLACK at Ayala Museum scenes

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my opening exhibit PITCH BLACK at Ayala Museum

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PITCH BLACK- wander

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PITCH BLACK- visionary

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PITCH BLACK- union dance 2

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PITCH BLACK- union dance

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PITCH BLACK- thrust up

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PITCH BLACK- the structure

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PITCH BLACK- the seed

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PITCH BLACK- tear drop

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PITCH BLACK- rejoicing ground

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PITCH BLACK- rain dance

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PITCH BLACK- pollen

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PITCH BLACK- peace time

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PITCH BLACK- moonlight

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PITCH BLACK- moon/white shelter

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PITCH BLACK- humanize

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PITCH BLACK- flow gold vanishing gold

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PITCH BLACK- flora

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PITCH BLACK- flight

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PITCH BLACK- fish vertical

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PITCH BLACK- fertile three

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PITCH BLACK- entreaty

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PITCH BLACK- embryo

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PITCH BLACK- double wedlock

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PITCH BLACK- clasp

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PITCH BLACK- ascend

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PITCH BLACK- dream catcher

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UPCOMING SHOW

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Press release

Pitch-Black

In his most recent one man show, Carlos “Totong” Francisco II creates a certain state of meditation through his viewer’s eyes, a place of dreaming and imagining that only comes when our consciousness goes “pitch-black”.

In the artist’s newest anthology of works, he was able to put together skillfully a series of randomly picked subjects that were all based from his own imaginings and observations. “Totong” chose the title “pitch black” because he is literally referring to that moment when we shut our eyes as we either go to sleep or engage in a process of spontaneous daydreaming. In this stage, our consciousness is taken away from the literal, tangible world, and we are all transported to a place inspired by our own creative awareness. And it is also in this astral condition that we are somehow stuck in abstraction, because our thoughts in reality have no physical form, and are constantly changing and blurring itself as we go over our own memories and wanderings.

Quite similar with the artist’s works, which are also byproducts of his wild imagination, the figures that enter our mind are those which are vague and somehow glazed by a multiplying layer of transparencies. This inscape, which the artist was able to capture through his paintings, serve as a mirror to our own inner selves, and perhaps also to our sole symbol of peace. For closing one’s eyes is a sign of solitude or at certain times, it can also signify a prayer, which leads to faith and hope. Thus, Totong inputs the nude figures suspended in movement beneath his layers of paint, which according to him actually marks the concept of innocence of purity. And of course with this innocence, comes a promise of hope, a new beginning, for in its naked chastity we come to celebrate everyday life. This could also explain the dance-like movement of the figures, because apart from showing the dynamism of the painting in terms of technical composition, it also shows the symbol of a divine celebration, because what else could be more sacred than a dance of purity? With all the material things stripped away from its owners…nothing but pure worship and feasting.

Looking at his paintings, it’s quite noticeable that the artist has employed the usage of neutral, monochromatic colors, in order to establish a light and dark side. This in turn, completely blends in with his human forms used as base for the abstraction. The strokes are very raw and natural, which then helps produce the illusion of movement quite effortlessly. A certain level of maturation can be seen within Totong Francisco’s works, and perhaps small glints of soul-searching…which surely would, lead to new concepts and ideas in the long days to come.

WORDS BY DAVE LOCK

added works

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Project Space/ ayala exhibit sept.30 2009

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available paintings as of 2010

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title: the animal who
size: 36x24inches
acrylic on canvas
available

title: blue mountain
size: 39x55inches
acylic on canvas
available

title: worshipper
size: 48x48
acrylic on canvas
available

title: creed
size: 84x36inches
acrylic on canvas
available

title: dance in blue
size: 48x36inches
acrylic on canvas
available

title: green ballet
size: 48x36inches
acrylic on canvas
available

Other Works

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My Christ Face Painting

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KONSENSUS: Opening on Sept.13 2008

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What do you call the sporadic meetings of two diverse groups of artists hailing from the metropolis and the outskirt rural town of Angono? The topographical settings aren’t such a hinder to their common vision to merge into creating a concept based on salinity of seawater and embracing the statistics of population. Each of them collectively convey symbols or expresses meaning, sometimes multiple meanings as they are brought together as torch bearer of the ritual unbeknownst, palimpsests of coding and the pluralism of everyday life. The concept was derived outside the political issues and corporate ideals thus, Konsensus was conceived.

Lunduyan Art Gallery will represent eleven young artists namely: Josef Laureano, Fitz Herrera, Maxbal, Katrina Tan, Vic Dabao, Ral Arrogante, Dicky Joe Santos, Aaron Bautista, Carlos Francisco II, Allan Alcantara and Jonjon Santos. Most of them delved on abstractionism and the sole woman in the group was into figurative style.

These are the incarceration of two opposing centers of the urbane and the regional. Although these painters did not confine to the distinct and localized colors, patterns of culture including the autonomous references of modernism. Most of their works harbor on the nonobjective entity which defies the trendy auction based art market and spur-of-the-moment ideal and consumerists’ kind of paintings. A witty denunciation of three-dimensional in their works is a sort of liberation. Most of their works was conspicuously done in mixed media and oil on canvas with standard size.

These up and coming artists do not prioritize commodity exchanges and promises to keep the viewers visually assimilated with their artistic licenses that they esoterically called “Konsensus”.

“Konsensus” opens on September 13, 2008 with cocktails at 6:00 in the evening. The exhibit will run until October 1, 2008.

Lunduyan Art Gallery is located at 88 B Kamuning Road, Quezon City.
For inquiries please call 0915-7896417 and look for Dicky Joe Santos.

"MIND'S EYE" MY 7TH SOLO EXHIBIT

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"TOUCH OF RED" My 6th SOLO EXHIBIT

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"Touch Of Red" was held at Big and Small Art Gallery,4th flr Megamall.The exhibit opened last feb.22, 2007.

"INTRO 2006" My 5th SOLO EXHIBIT

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"Intro 2006", was held at The Jewellery Greenhills Shopping Center last Fe.14, 2006.

"INFINITE VISION" My 4th Solo Painting Exhibit

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"Infinite Vision" held last Sept. 11, 2005 at Nineveh Artspace Sta. Cruz, Laguna.I was invited by Mr. Louie Sevilla who is an art collector and the owner of the Artspace.

Thanks Sir Louie for the opportunity!God Bless..

Other Works #4

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Other Works #3

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Carlos "Totong" Francisco II

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Carlos "totong" Francisco II studied Fine Arts at the University Of Sto. Thomas, now 36 years of age is a full time artist and owner cum curator of The Second Gallery in Angono.

His current approach to paintings can be related to automatism and the works of Abstract Expressionism. He belongs to the so called third generation brood of Angono's lineage of painters and his inexorably bound for modern theories and his intense exploration for new aestheticisms of art making will pave for the new batch of contemporary abstractionist.

The Second Gallery

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The Second Gallery, located at 217 Dona Aurora St. Angono, Rizal beside Botong Francisco's home Studio. Open daily.

Landline #: 2957864 Mobile #: 09179531104

My Other Works #2

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My Other Works #1

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My Journey towards Arts

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"JOURNEY"

Written forms of paint,

The creative supplies of lines,

And the strength of color combination

The texture and the energy it produced

The monochromatic dramatization

To discover and explore a different space

The heart and imagination

And the satisfaction of the inner-self.

I felt that the universe around me is evoking

Calling for a new challenge of creation

A new translation of the natural world.

Perhaps, this is myself, my way, my journey to communicate with the spectator

An inclination towards abstraction

My expression, My Passion!

-Carlos "totong" Francisco II

MY AVAILABLE PAINTINGS as of 2009

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