Photo Release

The Spectre of Comparison: Senator Loren Legarda with Lani Maestro, one of the featured artists of The Spectre of Comparison, the Philippine Pavilion exhibition at the 2017 Venice Art Biennale. Aside from the works that were part of the Philippine Pavilion—No Pain Like This Body, These Hands, and Meronmeron—Maestro included new works for the homecoming exhibition. From the original 14 benches of Meronmeron, she included additional benches for this exhibit and a sound installation, An Unconventional Lullaby.

Maestro’s practice moves fluidly through various forms of artistic engagements and installation incorporating a variety of media such as sound, film, text and photographs. Prompted by concerns that simultaneously call attention to and displace her materials and subject matter, her practice produces a shifting ground that makes it difficult to place Maestro as simply politically inclined.