SILVERLENS presents the second edition of Collectors Plus. For this edition, we are presenting as its core, Philippine contemporary art from the years 2005 - 2019, from four collectors based in Hong Kong and Manila. The core collection was put together by an early patron of southeast Asian art who travelled the region extensively in the early 2000’s from his base in Hong Kong. The show includes early pieces by Maya Muñoz, Elaine Navas, Nona Garcia, Winner Jumalon, and Yasmin Sison-Ching among others. There are two works from Yayoi Kusama’s Night Flowers series, early pieces by Pow Martinez, and Norberto Roldan signature altars. Accompanying the show is an early large five-panel painting by Bernardo Pacquing, a rare pastel painting of Chati Coronel, and an impressionist piece by Mit Jai Inn. The first edition of Collectors Plus was in 2020, and its popularity among audiences was palpable from the moment it was announced.

Alongside Collectors Plus, Silverlens will be installing our Art Basel OVR pieces. We are participating at the Basel show of Art Basel with a solo booth of Pacita Abad. The presentation is three pieces from her Abstraction series and additionally includes an OVR of works that will be featured on the Art Basel website, and physically onsite in Manila. Three contemporary artists will be featured alongside the late Filipina-American artist through the Art Basel OVR. Artists who are connected to the artist, either in form or in history. Pio Abad, Patricia Perez Eustaquio, and Nicole Coson will be showing curatorially relevant pieces, including new works.

-Isa Lorenzo