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Link Billy was what I used to call my hyper professor in

Summary: Link Billy was what I used to call my hyper professor in Sculpture Modeling His mind was always busy He was always after something He couldn t stay long in our class But this didn t mean that we did not learn anything from him He spent quality time with his students He was genuinely interested in their works and how their art progressed He even likes collecting artworks from students It is unfortunate that I have not had the chance to give him an artwork despite the fact that he mentioned to me that he was interested in having one It s not too late Billy Now we can exchange artworks if you are willing Thank you Billy It s a great privilege having spent some quality time with you in our sculpture class I wonder what you are up to now professor Billy The last I heard was about the Temple of the Mind FATHER OF MODERN SCULPTURE lifted from Manila Bulletin Arts Living Paul Blanco Zafaralla Whenever I do what I call a utilitarian object I consider it a sculptural problem but with utilitarian objective So the forms are still sculptural but serve a certain utilitarian purpose like a chair or a bench Or even a shade ��� Billy Abueva Napoleon Veloso Abueva was an undergraduate in the then UP School of Fine Arts in the early 1950s when he staged a one man breakaway from classical sculpture which was ably in the hands of Prof Guillermo Estrella Tolentino his mentor This artistic intransigence was not unexpected The UPSFA after all was not alien to fiercely independent minded students who love to shake the foundations of whatever for something new Abueva had since been a lone���but not lonely���crusader of sorts He smashed into smithereens as it were the concept of sculpture as a pretty object for aesthetic contemplation and enjoyment Sure he loved the body of a nude woman���the most beautiful sight in the world according to Rodin���or clothed with transparent linen that hugs the masses where they matter most Nevertheless he gave primacy to form including the character of his material literally from adobe to wood He pioneered functional sculpture He made sculpture as benches or benches as sculptures In his hands were shaped sculptures as architectural pieces Or vice versa Or even coffins that revealed a concept within peace inside the confines of a boatlike wooden box And so the pain of loss becomes less heart rending The firsts are numerous During martial law 1972 86 he sculpted guns with unique bullets roses And since Filipinos have taken God���s command Go forth and multiply too literally for comfort and beyond tolerable limits he sculpted love beds on which couples could opt to do a joint project and still not contribute a statistic to our booming population Reason since the sculpture bed keeps moving the male could not hit the pinnacle of paradise

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