{"id":117,"date":"2019-09-23T06:40:12","date_gmt":"2019-09-23T06:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bgccondo.com\/?p=117"},"modified":"2019-12-11T03:21:16","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T03:21:16","slug":"sculptures-at-bgc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bgccondo.com\/?p=117","title":{"rendered":"Sculptures at BGC"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][vc_column_text]The appropriation of ART in Bonifacio Global City is such that they are worthy of being tourist spots or simply must-sees in the premier city of Taguig.\u00a0 Installation art transforms a space and becomes a marker for a street or avenue.\u00a0 Here are the first three sculptures that you can find in BGC.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_118\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-118\" style=\"width: 840px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bgccondo.com\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-118 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/bgccondo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/slide4-1024x800.jpg\" alt=\"The iconic THE TREES by Reynato Paz Contreras\" width=\"840\" height=\"656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bgccondo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/slide4.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bgccondo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/slide4-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bgccondo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/slide4-768x600.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-118\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo by: Cynch Yap<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>THE TREES by Reynato Paz Contreras is located at Burgos Circle.\u00a0 Contreras&#8217; message \u201cMay this sculptural piece remind everyone of the need to preserve the environment to sustain life and development not just today but for the future as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_119\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-119\" style=\"width: 840px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bgccondo.com\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-119 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/bgccondo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/k_paige_alab-ng-puso-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bgccondo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/k_paige_alab-ng-puso-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bgccondo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/k_paige_alab-ng-puso-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bgccondo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/k_paige_alab-ng-puso-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bgccondo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/k_paige_alab-ng-puso.jpg 2400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-119\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by: Kenneth Paige<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>ALAB NG PUSO (Fire in the Heart) by sculptor Daniel de la Cruz is a tribute to the Filipino soldier.\u00a0 The steel panel displays Lupang Hinirang.\u00a0 The national anthem&#8217;s lyrics were adapted from the Spanish poem <i>Filipinas<\/i>, written by Jos\u00e9 Palma in 1899.<\/p>\n<p>I like the theme of this sculpture &#8211; the soldier reading a letter apparently from his family which gives credence to the traditional values of God, Country, Family.<\/p>\n<p>You can find Alab ng Puso between 3rd and 5th Avenues on Bonifacio High Street.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_120\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-120\" style=\"width: 840px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bgccondo.com\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-120\" src=\"http:\/\/bgccondo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/31248561077_65a190a391_k-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bgccondo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/31248561077_65a190a391_k-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bgccondo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/31248561077_65a190a391_k-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bgccondo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/31248561077_65a190a391_k-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bgccondo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/31248561077_65a190a391_k.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-120\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by: Kenneth Paige<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>PASASALAMAT by Ferdinand Cacnio.<\/p>\n<p>Along Rizal Drive and 3rd Ave on Bonifacio High Street you will find the fishermen.\u00a0 According to Cacnio, the sculpture is &#8220;Two human figures pause in the middle of the banca, holding up their fishing net, heavy with a bountiful harvest, solemnly thanking God and surrendering everything to Him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Living at BGC gets one closer to arts and culture.\u00a0 I feel proud of Filipino art and artistry.<\/p>\n<p>Experience life and living at Bonifacio Global City.\u00a0 Click<a href=\"https:\/\/bgcconsultancy.com\"> here to consult the BGC expert.<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][vc_column_text]The appropriation of ART in Bonifacio Global City is such that they are worthy of being tourist spots or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":119,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,9],"tags":[14,49,13,12,50,44],"class_list":["post-117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-finds","category-life","tag-bgc","tag-bgc-condo","tag-bgc-consultancy","tag-bgc-expert","tag-bgccondo","tag-sculptures"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/bgccondo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/k_paige_alab-ng-puso.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bgccondo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bgccondo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bgccondo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bgccondo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bgccondo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=117"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bgccondo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":121,"href":"https:\/\/bgccondo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117\/revisions\/121"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bgccondo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bgccondo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bgccondo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bgccondo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}