CABLOG TACKLES TRAGEDY OF NATURE IN 'COEXISTENCE'

A feature article came out yesterday in the Philippine Daily Inquirer about Jef's 2nd solo show.

 THERE is a painting in London’s Tate Britain Museum by Pre-Raphaelite artist John Everett Millais called “Ophelia.”
Completed in 1852, the painting depicts the character of Ophelia from Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” singing as she drowns in a river. The painting is remarkable because of the strikingly haunting visual aesthetic.

Millais’ Ophelia is a beautiful maiden surrounded by the detailed flora of the woodlands. But what is more striking is the symbolism Millais employs—of mankind’s once close relationship with nature as drowning.

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