Olympic Art Contest won by a Filipino May 29, 2008
Posted by Chris in : Philippines, Proud to be Pinoy , trackback
A stainless-steel work by Filipino sculptor Joe Datuin won the prestigious international Sport and Art Contest in connection with the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Datuin’s “Dancing Rings” reinterprets the traditional Olympic logo into a flight of the athletic spirit. The art piece recasts the conventionally horizontal Olympic logo into a vertical leap of faith, much like a gymnast or a classical dancer in action, to signify both human grace and human solidarity.
For his winning feat, Datuin will receive US$30,000 and a diploma.
“We’ve struck gold even before the Beijing games have opened,” said top sculptor Ramon Orlina. Orlina is the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) art coordinator who led the screening of the Philippine entries to be sent to the contest. He had also won the grand prize in the II International Biennale of Basketball in the Fine Arts in Madrid in 2000.
Meanwhile, “Dreams for Goals,” an oil-on-canvas work by Edmar C. Colmo, won a Highly Recommended award In the Graphic Arts category of the contest. The young Iloilo-based artist will get a diploma.
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