I had written a bunch of text to accompany the photos, but it disappeared into the Fertile Void, I guess, so here goes a new entry, which I hope will be visible.
Santiago Bose is my favorite Filipino visual artist. His paintings to me are the most faithful depiction of the chaos and magic of the Filipino souls' inner landscape: full of enchantment, fascination, chaos and terror.
His work packs a lot of historical consciousness, the clash between the Hispanic Filipino and the North Americanized Filipino. Symbolism from the 1896 Revolution and from the messianic movements from way before the 19th century.
Beneath Bose's photo are others taken from "Historia General de Filipinas", Ediciones de Cultural Hispánica, Leoncio Cabrero, Coordinador. Madrid, 2000.
1) Linotypists in Madrid
2) Spanish troops at morning Mass in Cavite during the Philippine Revolution
3) A cockfight
4) Cuban revolutionaries about to be executed
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