Collective Unconscious
A Solo Exhibition
Ysobel Art Gallery, Taguig (September 2022)
Just as a ripple expands and reaches outward from the center, Faye Abantao’s second solo exhibit titled Collective Unconscious is concentric to her first (Personal Unconscious, 2020).
Collective Unconscious, an eight-piece solo exhibition by Faye Abantao, lays upon the seven archetypical structures of the human psyche established
in Jungian psychology. Abantao delves into the common patterns of unconsciousness since the eve of the pandemic. "e exhibit treks through how individual experiences transition uniquely though not autonomously into a common state of awareness; focusing on how dreams and fears come from and are lead by a more transcendent form of mere being.
Mirroring her themes, Faye Abantao’s art practice is defined by the inclusivity of many versions of a self; a photographer, a painter, a digital and an origami artist. Every creation is a paused explosion of forms and symbols conscribed in an origami tapestry. "e complex facade of Abantao’s works may be better understood by enumerating the layers end-first: a painting of gouache on paper, an archival digital print, a modular origami piece, a collection of deconstructed book pages. Interestingly, the artist counts ever fold, every page, and every origami module, so that when describing her works, she describes them numerically. And just as any number multiplied by one remains unaltered, Abantao absorbs the multiplicity of experiences around her and renders them into one; just like a ripple- expanding and reaching outward... From the center.
The Union of Opposites
4ft x 5ft
Digital Collage, Gouache on Paper, Printed Text on Acid Free Book Paper with Black Pigment ink, Pigment Ink Image Transfer on Folded Paper, Paper on Canvas
2022
Light is Followed By Shadows
4ft x 3ft
Digital Collage, Gouache on Paper, Printed Text on Acid Free Book Paper with Black Pigment ink, Pigment Ink Image Transfer on Folded Paper, Paper on Canvas
2022
Eternal Partners
6ft x 3ft
Digital Collage, Gouache on Paper, Printed Text on Acid Free Book Paper with Black Pigment ink, Pigment Ink Image Transfer on Folded Paper, Paper on Canvas
2022
Wear and Tear
3ft × 2ft
Digital Collage, Gouache on Paper, Printed Text on Acid Free Book Paper with Black Pigment ink, Pigment Ink Image Transfer on Folded Paper, Paper on Canvas
2022
Nothing is Greater Than Human and His Deeds
6ft × 3ft
Digital Collage, Gouache on Paper, Printed Text on Acid Free Book Paper with Black Pigment ink, Pigment Ink Image Transfer on Folded Paper, Paper on Canvas
2022
Time Moves Both Ways
18in × 24in
Digital Collage, Gouache on Paper, Printed Text on Acid Free Book Paper with Black Pigment ink, Pigment Ink Image Transfer on Folded Paper, Paper on Canvas
2022
The Manifestation of The Naked Eye
3ft × 2ft
Digital Collage, Gouache on Paper, Printed Text on Acid Free Book Paper with Black Pigment ink, Pigment Ink Image Transfer on Folded Paper, Paper on Canvas
2022
Retrospective Longing
3ft × 4ft
Digital Collage, Gouache on Paper, Printed Text on Acid Free Book Paper with Black Pigment ink, Pigment Ink Image Transfer on Folded Paper, Paper on Canvas
2022