Pacita and her wayangs  
Circles of doors |
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 1993 - 1999 Pacita moved to Jakarta, Indonesia where she lived for the next seven years. During this time, she traveled throughout the country in Java, Bali, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Kalimantan and Irian Jaya, and became particularly interested in the textiles from Sumba, Yogyakarta and Solo. Exhilarated by the lushness of the vegetation, Pacita spent much of her time painting colorful tropical flowers continuing her "Flower" series. Fell in love with Java’s wayang shadow puppets, Pacita completed a series of over 110 paintings, which colorfully interpret the traditional Indonesian puppets, and designed a 144-piece wayang dinnerware collection. Pacita held solo and participated in group exhibitions, including large trapunto paintings called "Thinking Big" in Manila, "Wayang, Irian and Sumba" in Jakarta; "Exploring the Spirit" paintings in Jakarta; "World Batik Exhibition" in Yogyakarta, Indonesia; "Talk Back! The Community Responds to the Permanent Collection" in New York; and "Filipino Artists Abroad" in Manila; and "Abstract Emotions" in Jakarta. Lived in Jakarta during the economic and political turmoil which culminates with the violent overthrow of President Suharto, and traveled the streets of Jakarta making sketches of the trashed and burning Chinese areas of the city. Continued to travel to the U.S., Europe and countries in the region, as well as to Yemen where she spent six weeks traveling around the country and is captivated by the brightly painted doors and stained glass gamariya windows. Begins works on her "Door to Life" series as well as her "Gamariya" series. |
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