Hocus (2017)

Hardcover, Coffee table book, 11” x 10.5”, 63 pages

This book is about the Hofileña-Custodio paintings exhibited at the National Art Gallery of the National Museum of the Philippines from April 18, 2017 to October 29, 2017.

In fine, most of the paintings ae allegorical, using characters and events to unveil what has been hidden from us by religious fervor. I will say nothing further and let the HOCUS paintings speak for themselves. The paintings tell our story as a people—why we are who we are. We are the story that we tell.

Several paintings in this book are now on permanent display at the National Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of the Philippines.