Released on = March 30, 2007, 7:10 pm

Press Release Author = Pissedpoet Pics/Henry Bateman

Industry = Entertainment

Press Release Summary = Pissedpoet Pics is proud to present its latest exhibition of
digital art entitled Shrines.

Press Release Body = Pissedpoet Pics is proud to present its latest exhibition of
digital art entitled Shrines.

Created by Australian artist/photographer Henry Bateman, it is a series of
deconstructed photographs of the Easter shrines erected on street corners in the
Makati suburb of Poblacion.

For over 50 years the residents of this small inner Philippine city have designed
and made folk art structures to celebrate their devotion to their saviour and his
death. Easter is the event in the Philippine Christian calendar.

During Easter 2006, Bateman photographed these temporary street shrines and
subsequently using his computer software deconstructed the photographs to explore
the motivations and relationships of the creators of this art to their God.

Ranging from the enigma of Shrine III through the showmanship of Shrine VI to the
underlying vengeance of Shrine IX a varied range of emotional connections is
displayed.

"I became fascinated with the Filipino's celebration of Easter during my third visit
to the country," Bateman said. "Almost over night, the Barangay Poblacion became
dotted with these wonderful Folk Art creations and the more I looked at them the
more these many relationships between the Filipino and their God came to light," he
added.

Six of the series are viewable on the internet and can be seen at Bateman's website
www.pissedpoetpics.com.

About Henry Bateman
He is an Australian artist/photographer who after several visits to the Philippines
became a resident in 2005. He has been making art for over 30 years and at the turn
of the century, he embraced digital art using photography as his primary image
collection device.


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