"Remembering Federico Aguilar Alcuaz -'epic troubadour of the urban landscape' "

By Duffie Osental
Philippine Daily Inquirer
2:49 am | Monday, June 4th, 2012

Three years ago, the Republic of the Philippines, through the National Commission for Culture and the Arts and the Cultural Center of the Philippines, bestowed on Federico Aguilar Alcuaz (1932-2011) admission into the Order of National Artists.

This titan of Philippine visual art was recognized for having influenced an entire generation of artists with a body of work that is critically lauded both here and abroad. Alcuaz had the soul of an artist, yet attained the pinnacle of mainstream artistic achievement. His complex and nuanced personality—mu...