- Maxine Syjuco
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Poet and artist Maxine Syjuco
Maxine Syjuco (born December 1, 1984) is a poet and multi-media visual artist from Manila, Philippines. She is the youngest daughter of avant-garde artists Cesare Syjuco and Jean Marie Syjuco.
Her works, best described as “visual narratives”, offer a marriage between poetry and the visual arts. In combining elements such as installation, photography, painting, electrified mixed media constructions and sound art with her own poems, Syjuco infuses each piece with intimate, intricately layered—- often dark and sensually twisted—- narratives. [1]
Her first book of poetry, A Secret Life, was published in 2008 and received critical acclaim.[2] Her poems have been translated into Polish and French, and have seen print in several international anthologies including the Asia Literary Review [3], The Poet’s Guild Quarterly, Chopin with Cherries, and the 2011 Rhino International Poetry Anthology. [4]
Syjuco represented her country’s region in the 2010 Visayas Art Biennale, and her works—both exhibitions and performances-— have taken place in venues as varied as the Cultural Center of the Philippines, the Metropolitan Museum of Manila, the Lopez Memorial Museum, the Yuchengco Museum, the Hangaram Art Museum and the Jeonbuk Province Museum of Korea, art galleries, universities, libraries, and even public streets and parks. [5]
References:
- http://www.mb.com.ph/node/219347/maxine-
- http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=415971&publicationSubCategoryId=79
- http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=688405&publicationSubCategoryId=86
- http://manilaartblogger.wordpress.com/2010/09/26/maxine-syjuco-reconstructs-constructions/
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUyoM1jxu2E
- http://en.wikipilipinas.org/index.php?title=Maxine_Syjuco
- http://rhinopoetry.org/the-journal/rhino-poetry-2011/
- http://www.asialiteraryreview.com/web/article/en/40
Categories:- Filipino poets
- Filipino artists
- Avant-garde art
- People from Manila
- Living people
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