“We all made an effort to see as much as we could, and we’ve had these conversations together that I’ll always cherish,” says Aseron. She looks back at the research stage when the team exchanged thoughts and recommendations to meet the client’s aesthetic and size requirements.
Except for Nikolas Weinstein’s massive glass sculptural installation that welcomes the visitors as they enter Solaire Resort North, the Tarzeer team worked with Filipino contemporary artists, both locally and internationally based, and even infused some photography works made by artists they promote in their space at Pasong Tamo.
“The art [collection] gives the location a sense of place, where one would know easily that this is in the Philippines,” says Mohnani, speaking about the apparent colours, textures and materials Philippine art is mainly associated with, aside from the Filipino artists’ signature styles that a foreign visitor might be unfamiliar with. Another consideration made by the team in curating the collection is thinking of guests’ experiences in each space, which vary in functions. One thing the team realised in the process is how rich and dynamic our local art scene is as well as how detailed and organised visual artists are.
At the lobby, Nicole Coson’s oil on canvas diptych stands prominently behind the reception desk, complemented by Therese Nicole Reyes’s Fissure series, a mixture of geometric and organic forms, with one of autumnal colours and the other inspired by the coast. In the patisserie, the oil on canvas abstract painting of Iloilo-based prominent artist Rock Drilon shakes up the neutrality of the lobby’s colours, showcasing warm and cool tones with this gestural abstract piece.
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