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1975
Unveils PAGBUBUNGKOS (To Unite) at
the Heart Centre of Asia, Quezon City;
COMMUNICATION, Bureau of Broadcasts,
Manila. Donates PAGHIMUD-OS (Uniting),
Governor's Park, Bacolod city, Negros
Occidental.
Holds Sculpture Couture Show with
Pierre Cardin at the Pierre Cardin
Showroom, Malate, Manila.
Designs PETA sets for "Lam-ang",
First World Theatre Festival where
the Philippines won the top award.
Designs and acts in Tagni-Tagni theatre
group presentation playing the role
of a Mabini artist making it big.
Featured in French edition of Vogue.
1976
Unveils MAG-ILUSYON (Lovers) Monument,
Legaspi City, Albay; RAHA SULAYMAN
Monument, Raha Sulayman Park, Malate,
Manila; OUR LADY OF LORETO, Sampaloc,
Manila.
Holds 13th solo exhibition entitled
Movable Sculptures in Chrome, Metro
Gallery, Makati, Metro Manila (26
freestanding abstract compositions).
This is a critical and financial success.
Campaigns for the opposition when
Imelda Marcos runs as governor of
Metro Manila. He is appointed as Inspector
General for Makati and the 4th District
of Manila. He is picked up by police
and some of his men are beaten up.
He is released from Bicutan jail and
placed under house arrest. He receives
death threats and warnings. Not allowed
to move around or leave the country
without special permit. After elections,
PHYSICAL IN FORM, a large abstract
sculpture at the corner of Roxas Boulevard
and Buendia Avenue is removed by Administrative
Orders by the Marcos government. This
is one of a trilogy of public pieces,
the other two being EMOTIONAL AND
MENTAL IN FORM, and EMOTIONAL IN FORM.
1977
Unveils PILAR OF GROWTH, an abstract
sculpture monument, at the Metrobank
Plaza Building, Makati, Metro Manila;
AN ATOMIC GROWTH, A HUMAN GROWTH Monument,
Philippine Atomic Energy Commission,
Diliman, Quezon City; CHRIST THE CROSS
with altar figures, central tabernacle
and stained glass, Don Bosco Parish
Church, Pasay Road, Makati; COLONEL
JUAN VILLAMOR, Abra. Prepares THE
THREE HUMAN VIRTUES trophy awarded
to the First Lady Imelda Marcos; the
Clairol Trophy and PERPETUAL SILVER,
The First Lady's cup for the Philippine
Grand Hippodrome Race; Fred Corcoran
Memorial trophy and four other trophies
for the 25th World Golf Cup. Designs
seal for the Philippine Army Light
Armor Regiment.
Group Shows: International Creative
Jewelry Show, Design Centre of the
Philippines, CCP Complex, Manila.
Triangulo (three-man show with Napoleo
Abueva and Solomon Saprid), The Gallery,
Hyatt Regency Hotel, Manila; Insights
into Contemporary Philippine Art,
Washington D.C.
Works cited in The Stern Magazine,
Germany.
1978
Unveils CRY OF TONDO Monument. Isla
Putting Bato, National Housing Authority
Project, Tondo, Manila; PLANAR GROWTH,
Manila, WHEEL OF LIFE, Bank of America;
one artwork commissioned for the Cultural
Centre of the Philippines' permanent
collection.
Holds 14th solo exhibition, Movable
Planes and Shapes, ABC Galleries,
Harrison Plaza, Manila.
Joins Craft Council Exhibition, Peninsula
Hotel, Makati, Metro Manila.
Designed sets in three different venues
for ballet choreographer, Tita Radaic
(Plaza Lawton, Far Eastern University
and the Cultural Centre of the Philippines).
Visits Australia as a cultural visitor
and guest lecturer of the Australia
government.
Achievements cited in The Age Magazine
of Australia and other Australian
dailies as well as Pace Magazine.
USA. Included in Journey to Adventure,
an international television documentary,
New York, USA, and interviewed by
The American Broadcasting Corporation
for Interview: A Feature Documentation
of an Asian Artist.
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