Buen Calubayan - Artist Info

About Buen Calubayan

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    BEING ONE OF THE CULTURal Center of the Philippines' 13 Young Artists for 2009 seems to have done little to change Buen Calubayan's attitude about the world. If there's anything distinctly different about Buen, it is the fact that he has no artist complex.

    Not even when we talked about a rebellious streak, as shown by his run-in with the Catholic university, where he graduated and taught. He said the authorities complained about his "open display of distorted ideas and atheistic beliefs." In the ideal academic world, his works would be appreciated as brave depictions of how some sectors would imagine religion and religiosity in contemporary times.

    Buen believes religion suspends our critical abilities. And yet all it takes is ...

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