Cultural Cache Online Season 5 Episode 5: "Transmutation Series No. 6" by Constancio Bernardo

WATCH 👀Cultural Cache Online Season 5 Episode 5 with Roberto Paulino: ‘Transmutation Series No. 6’ by Constancio Bernardo.

Did you know that there are different types of abstract art? Join Roberto Paulino as he delves into the concept of non-objective art through Constancio Bernardo’s painting, “Transmutation Series No. 6.”

About the artist:
Constancio Bernardo (b. 22 December 1913, d. 8 August 2003) was a painter and was one of the earliest exponents of abstract art in the Philippines. After obtaining a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of the Philippines School of Fine Arts in 1948, he was awarded a UP Fellowship and a Fulbright Travel Grant to Yale University, where he received a second BFA and an MFA in 1952. He resumed teaching at the UP SFA in 1953 until his retirement in 1978.

He was awarded the Alab ng Sining Award in 2007. Multiple retrospective exhibits of his works were held: Constancio Bernardo, 1913 / 2013 by Ayala Museum, and a retrospective for his 101st birth anniversary by the Cultural Center of the Philippines in partnership with the CMa Bernardo Foundation for Fine Arts, Inc. Bernardo personified the struggle of reconciling Philippine modernism, particularly the abstract geometric variety, with the still normative academic and figurative art of the mid-twentieth century.


About the speaker:
Roberto G. Paulino is an Associate Professor and former chairperson of the Department of Art Studies at the University of the Philippines Diliman. He obtained his BFA in Visual Communication, BFA in Art History, MFA in Philosophy, and PhD in Philippine Studies, also at UP. He has curated exhibitions of Arturo Luz at the Metropolitan Museum of Manila, and Constancio Bernardo at the CCP. His recent publications include book chapters on Dominador Castañeda, art inventories and public art in UP Diliman, and a biography of Alice Guillermo.


References:
Bernardo, Constancio. Published on November 18, 2020. Written by Alice G. Guillermo. Updated by Rosa Concepcion Ladrido. Encyclopedia of Philippine Art, Cultural Center of the Philippines. Accessed 25 June 2025. https://epa.culturalcenter.gov.ph/3/1...
The Language of Art. Published on February 6, 2019. Dr. Roberto Paulino. TV UP. Accessed 25 June 2025. https://tvup.ph/?p=44123

To learn more about the artist, check out the CCP Encyclopedia of Philippine Art.

To watch the rest of the episodes of Cultural Cache Online, visit the Cultural Center of the Philippines Youtube page    / culturalcenterphils  .


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