The Balikbayan Artist
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Product Details
Author:
Eileen R. R. Tabios
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
280
Publisher:
Penguin Random House SEA (December 1, 2024)
Language:
English
Audience:
General/trade
ISBN-13:
9789815233049
ISBN-10:
9815233041
Dimensions:
5" x 7.75" x 0.6"
File:
Eloquence-IPG_03192026_P9854863_onix30_Complete-20260319.xml
Folder:
Eloquence
List Price:
$15.99
Pub Discount:
60
Case Pack:
40
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$13.75
Publisher Identifier:
P-IPG
Discount Code:
C
Imprint:
Penguin Books
Weight:
9.44oz
Overview
A tale of the artist’ s role in troubled times set amid a dictatorship
Farm-laborer-turned-artist Vance Igorta returns to the Philippines as a balikbayan after nearly fifty years in the United States. He is a member of the Manong generation, the largest diaspora of Filipinos who worked physically demanding jobs, mostly in California’ s agricultural fields.
The Balikbayan Artist— inspired by and dedicated to Venancio C. Igarta (1912– 2000), the real-life leading artist of the Manong Generation— takes readers from the early twentieth century to the present day when Vance Igorta’ s art is being discovered anew.
Igorta’ s legacy is validated for allowing his art to address the tensions of his time instead of keeping it solely entrenched in aesthetic concerns. The artist’ s choice
reflects what he learned as a voraciously self-educated person: that in circumstances where power corrupts, what makes anyone and everyone dangerous is love.
