vortex manila

Personal mythology blends with monsters from old Filipino folklore, Illuminati symbols, prog rock album covers, Picasso’s harlequin, basketball mascots, and the specter of terrorism haunting Europe. These images form a quiet apocalypse — sans biblical fire and brimstone yet far more sinister. The “Flipinas” portraits are deconstructions of old works by Filipino masters into a sari-sari (convenience) store of doom.