Everybody said it was fantastic.
The
Visual Art Museum of Bulacan in Ciudad Clemente, in San Isidro I, Paombong,
Bulacan is set to showcase more than a thousand of Bulakenyo artworks in two
years.
According
to Joe Clemente, owner of the museum, he is hoping to open his collection to
the public as soon as he finishes documenting all the artworks and after
putting up all the necessary security facilities in the museum.
Though
many students have expressed their desire to visit his place, Clemente does not
want to offer his collected works yet.
“Talagang
ang fino-foresee ko d’yan, I want to document all these I have into a book…”
explained Clemente because he believes this how people will remember him in the
future.
“Because
I want it to be a repository of art and culture,” said Clemente, pertaining to
his collection of creations of “Bulakan artists – the seniors, the
award-winners and the so-so.”
“It
is something na you as a Bulakenyo would be very proud of,” added Clemente.
Part
of his precious collection is the work of Teodoro Buenaventura, teacher of
Fernando Amorsolo, who hailed from Paombong, Bulacan.
With
regards to buying artworks, Clemente said “You’ve got to have a taste, you have
to be prolific in the art of architecture.”
Clemente
emphasized that buying antiques must fit in the era or year of the house’s
concept.
Some
materials used in the architecture of Ciudad Clemente are knickknacks from other
ancestral houses like mahogany, narra, molave and other types of wood.
For
Clemente, there were restorations and enhancements done which just depends on “…choosing
the right wood, the right décor,”
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