P R I N C I P A L A R T I S T
AMOS V. MANLANGIT Erny ros V. Manlangit (Amos) is a 2022 Fulbright scholar coming from the Philippines and is currently pursuing his PhD in Art, Emphasis in Art Education, at the Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia. He finished his Bachelor of Fine Arts, Major in Painting, and Master’s in Education, Major in Special Education from the University of the Philippines (UP). Amos works on the blending of two distinct disciplines – the arts and special education, dedicating his professional practice and advocacy building efforts to this field in the past eighteen (18) years. Along the way, he thrived as an elementary teacher, school administrator, expressive arts facilitator, special education consultant, and college instructor in his home country, the Philippines. . |
I N D I V I D U A L W O R K S
Amos created individual works that would have him alternately painting on both sides of clear panels.
C O L L A B O R A T I O N S
Amos did a live collaboration with each invited artist for them to paint on both sides of the panel. After each session, Amos reacted to the images that transpired by making his visual response from the collaborative experiences. Each slide show would show the collaborative works and the visual response.
collaborating with MIRA KALLIO-TAVIN
Mira is the Winnie Chandler Distinguished Professor of Art in the Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia. She focuses her research on critical artistic and arts-based practices and research in questions of diversity, disability studies, social justice and critical animal studies. She is a World Councilor of InSEA (International Society for Education Through Art), and the founder of the International Disability Studies, Arts and Education (iDSAE) conference. She is currently the associate editor of Studies in Art Education. |
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collaborating with ABHIJIT SARMAH
Abhijit Sarmah is a poet and researcher of Indigenous literatures. He holds an MPhil degree from Dibrugarh University, India and is currently a PhD student at The University of Georgia. He has contributed to various print and online journals, including Poetry magazine, The Margins, Lunch Ticket, Glassworks Magazine, Porter House Review, Lincoln Review, among others. He has been nominated for Best of the Net and The Pushcart Prize. |
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For this exhibition, University of Georgia - Lamar Dodd School of Art's PhD candidate in Art Education, Amos V. Manlangit invited several artists to collaborate on a series of new paintings in order to explore how markings on two sides of a transparent panel can create uncertainty through the muddling of images. Dual personas, whether one artist alternating sides or two collaborators in a dialogue, generate a conversation between visual elements to negotiate on a unified aesthetic. Characterized by tension and unpredictability that would lead to reciprocity and harmony, the resulting installation embodies a shared language built entirely on reflexivity and trust.
In-between invites the viewer to resist interpretation from the images that transpired. Inspired by pseudo-writings of the Asemic practice, the lines - whether resembling ornamental patterns, calligraphic marks, or written language - may find new agency in the imagery that organically formed in the artistic collaboration. If we choose to focus on the materiality of the motifs and allow them to exist as they are, it may lead to new trajectories where, instead of intending to be deciphered, the act of becoming may signify new possibilities for interaction through art.
In-between invites the viewer to resist interpretation from the images that transpired. Inspired by pseudo-writings of the Asemic practice, the lines - whether resembling ornamental patterns, calligraphic marks, or written language - may find new agency in the imagery that organically formed in the artistic collaboration. If we choose to focus on the materiality of the motifs and allow them to exist as they are, it may lead to new trajectories where, instead of intending to be deciphered, the act of becoming may signify new possibilities for interaction through art.
SEE THIS JOURNEY AS IT BEGAN!
Simultaneously on display in the building is another showcase of black ink paintings, which provides a backstory to the exhibition's conceptualization. A few months back, Amos worked on an artistic experimentation of lines, in which he discovered many ways that these elements play a part in the development of his calligraphic and illustrative work. Take a trip back and see how it all began by visiting this annex showcase and zine storybook called the "Line Journey":