Comment by Patrick D. Flores

The Global Contemporary: Kunstwelten nach 1989


Patrick D. Flores, Interview (April 2010) im Rahmen der
Ausstellung The Global Contemporary. Art Worlds After 1989, ZKM |
Museum für Neue Kunst [17.09.2011–19.02.2012]


Patrick D. Flores, beratender Kurator der Ausstellung, ist
Professor für Kunstgeschichte an der philippinischen Universität
in Diliman und Kurator am Vargas Museum der philippinischen
Universität, sowie außerordentlicher Kurator der philippinischen
Nationalgalerie und der Nationalgalerie Singapurs.
2008 war er Kurator für die Grundsatzreferate bei der Gwangju
Biennale.


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Patrick D. Flores is Professor of Art History, Theory, and
Criticism at the University of the Philippines at Diliman, and is
the Curator of the University of the Philippines Vargas Museum
and Adjunct Curator of the National Art Galleries of the
Philippines and Singapore. A recognized scholar in the fields of
Philippine and Asian art, Flores has organized several national
and international platforms, including Luz: Traces of Depiction
at the National Museum of the Philippines (2006), and Under
Construction: New Dimensions of Asian Art at the Japan Foundation
Asia Center (2000-2003). In 2008, he was a curator for the
Position Papers series at the Gwangju Biennale. Flores is the
author of numerous articles and several books concerning
Philippine art.


Among his publications are: Painting History: Revisions in
Philippine Colonial Art (Quezon City/Manila, 1998), Remarkable
Collection: Art, History, and the National Museum, (Manila, 2008)
and Past Peripheral: Curation in Southeast Asia, (Singapore,
2008).