Photograph of Roberto Chabet's Boat in 'Regarding Place, No Place,' an exhibition curated by Chabet and also featuring Danilo Dalena, Fernando Modesto, and Antonio Austria, at The Art Center, SM Megamall from 12 - 25 May 1996.

The exhibition features Chabet's two-part installation, consisting of Boat (shown in this photo) and Pier and Ocean, which are installed on opposite walls directly facing one another. In this work, a wooden boat rests on plywood panels and is accompanied by framed drawings of the Philippines made by children who were not given a map to copy from, but instead were asked to draw from memory. The title of the other work, Pier and Ocean, refers to one of Piet Mondrian's 'plus/minus' compositions.

In his notes to the exhibition, Chabet wrote, 'Art implies place. It depicts space, exists in space, and is perceived in space. Placement, location is central in art. The artist stakes out territories, establishes boundaries, or represents a sense of place. This sense of place is the artist's sense of self.'

On his work, he wrote, 'My sense of place is literal - the exhibition space and the virtual spaces generated by my installation. Though seemingly non-referential, the work alludes to geography - or geographies.'

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Roberto CHABET

practitioner

Roberto CHABET

documenter

Roberto CHABET

Keyword

installation, conceptualism, found object, found object, drawing, painting

Publication/Creation date

1996

Medium

Plywood, acrylic, wooden boat, framed children's drawings of the Philippines

Dimension

243.84cm x 609.6cm x 487.68cm

Content type

artwork documentation

Related event

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Art Center, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City, Philippines	12 – 25 May 1996

Artist

Curator

Organiser

Finale Art File (Makati City, Philippines)

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