1995.180 1995.181 1995.182 1995.183 REAMILLO
By Reuben Keehan Peter McKay
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Alwin Reamillo resisted the conformity of formal art education and did not complete his bachelor of fine arts, choosing instead to work in graphic design, theatre production and experimental film throughout the 1980s. Having participated in the Artist Regional Exchange (ARX) project in Perth in 1992, Reamillo migrated to Australia in 1995. His diverse cultural experiences feed into his artistic work, which is marked by a collision of images and found objects from popular culture.
These four works (Oh see dobol used, Cora Cora, P.I. and Victory) satirise the history of Spanish, American and Japanese colonisation in the Philippines. The ubiquitous Mickey Mouse representing United States imperialism; banknotes from the Philippines and Japan; scraps of text in English and a Filipino dialect; an engraving of a Spanish galleon; a diagram of a heart; and Catholic deities, jockey for space in these large collage drawings. Using his skills as a graphic designer, Reamillo has organised these hybridised entities into intricately poised, witty and instructive images of colonial experience.
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![© Alwin Reamillo Artwork Oh see dobol used this artwork made of Screenprint with collage on sackcloth bonded to board, created in 1994-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1995.180_001_5.jpg?itok=nr6pOPuJ)
Oh see dobol used 1994
- REAMILLO, Alwin - Creator
![© Alwin Reamillo Artwork Cora Cora this artwork made of Screenprint with collage on sackcloth bonded to board, created in 1994-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1995.181_001_5.jpg?itok=qWhSNhRs)
Cora Cora 1994
- REAMILLO, Alwin - Creator
![© Alwin Reamillo Artwork P.I. this artwork made of Screenprint with collage on sackcloth bonded to board, created in 1994-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1995.182_001_5.jpg?itok=uK5FWu3E)
P.I. 1994
- REAMILLO, Alwin - Creator
![© Alwin Reamillo Artwork Victory this artwork made of Screenprint with collage on sackcloth bonded to board, created in 1994-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1995.183_001_5.jpg?itok=4s35IpYh)
Victory 1994
- REAMILLO, Alwin - Creator
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