The Vicissitudes of Victoria

Guerrero Habulan’s own brand of Social Realism is very much steeped in imagination and dreams. He has developed a startling visual language that combines elements of the Victorian era1 – an age associated with cold, grey industrialization with their anti-thesis, with modern pop-culture symbols that are the hallmark of a more liberal, more hedonistic age. He also adeptly juxtaposes these contemporary icons (perhaps epitomizing dream-like evocations of Asia’s economic boom and current techno-revolution), as a way of reminding us that our present era has dramatically altered traditional values, customs and behavior.

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