PIO ABAD The  Manila-born artist  PIO ABAD graduated in 2007 with a Distinction in Historical and Critical Studies from the Glasgow School Of Art (Painting and Printmaking). Through his work he explores the relationships between excess and collapse, ornament and excrement, decadence and delusion. For this exhibition Pio Abad will show a series of finely detailed works on paper plus 2 sculptures made of costume wigs, fake fur,satin, pearls.  They depict a dystopian universe inhabited by monstrosities of obscene ornaments called 'Dogeaters'.

PIO ABAD
‘Dogeaters Discourse’
installation view
2007

PIO ABAD
‘Dogeaters Discourse (7)’
ink on paper
42 x 60 cm, 2007

PIO ABAD
'Dogeaters Discourse'
2007 (a series of 9 drawings)
Ink, Paper, Self-Adhesive Vinyl and Lacquer on MDF
18 x 25 x 2.5 cm each

PIO ABAD
'Dogeaters Discourse II'
2007
Ink, Paper, Self-Adhesive Vinyl and Lacquer on MDF
18 x 25 x 2.5 cm

PIO ABAD
Lapdogs (1)
2007
Costume wigs, fake fur, expanding foam, stuffing, wood,
wire, satin, pearls, talcum powder, PVA, paint, tea and hairspray
70 x 50 x 35 cm

PIO ABAD
‘Duclos’
ink, paper, self-adhesive vinyl and lacquer
on MDF, 31.5 x 40 x 2.5 cm
2008

PIO ABAD
‘Revelry and Its Aftermath’
ink, paper, self-adhesive vinyl and lacquer on
MDF, 43 x 52 x 2.5 cm
2008