00:00Basita Abad is a young and Filipino-American visual artist.
00:05In her 33 years of career in painting,
00:11her works have been exhibited in more than 200 museums
00:15and now her works are distributed in more than 70 countries.
00:20And as a tribute to her death anniversary,
00:23an exhibit was opened to show her works.
00:27Let's watch this.
00:30Katingkaran.
00:31This is what stands out in Basita's works
00:35depicting the colorful place where she grew up.
00:40She is a young woman.
00:42The famous painter Basita has traveled to almost 62 countries.
00:48And as a tribute to her death anniversary,
00:52an exhibit was opened to show her works.
01:00I think the thesis of the exhibition is in the title of the show,
01:04Basita Abad, Philippine Painter.
01:07So even though she lived a pathetic life,
01:11and she lived in 14 cities,
01:14she visited over 60 countries,
01:17as she said in an interview back in 1985,
01:22but I want to be known as a Filipino painter wherever I am.
01:26Basita's works can be seen in the exhibit from 1976,
01:31where she started to study painting,
01:34until 1986.
01:36Some of her works that can be seen
01:39are the famous Basita,
01:41which is a self-portrait.
01:44Her works can also be seen from her travels.
01:48Some of these are her ancient works,
01:51the Cambodian Bakwit.
01:53Her works of the ocean will not be lost
01:56as a lake on Batanes Island.
02:00I think it's quite important to,
02:02I think it's quite timely to revisit her now
02:05because in the last few years,
02:07she's kind of reached kind of global superstar status,
02:11you know, in the art world.
02:13She just had a major retrospective in North America,
02:19you know, and traveled in major museums in the U.S.
02:22and it's currently at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Canada.
02:26She was just part of the Venice Biennale.
02:30She was part of the main exhibition,
02:32Foreigners Everywhere.
02:34You know, and with all of this kind of global acclaim,
02:37I think it's nice to kind of look back at her roots.
02:42Basita's colorful works
02:44can be seen in the Metropolitan Museum
02:47until March 30, 2025.
02:52♪
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