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Heart in the Art of Inday Cadapan by Karen Galarpe

Inday Cadapan's works are driven by a perpetual stage of agitation. The artist, after all, is bent on informing th public about the various dilemmas besieging the modern Filipina--from prostitution to political issues. Her canvas is a pageantry of imperfect women who have experienced and survived the challenges of an era rife with upheavals both Inday Cadapan
21 abril 2007

    Inday Cadapan's works are driven by a perpetual stage of agitation.  The artist, after all, is bent on informing th public about the various dilemmas besieging the modern Filipina--from prostitution to political issues.  Her canvas is a pageantry of imperfect women who have experienced and survived the challenges of an era rife with upheavals both personal and global.

    "As an artist, I am bound by my calling to awake the public awareness of our social and political issues and how these affect the Filipina today."  says Cadapan. 

    But rather than present this ina realistic manner, Cadapan's paintings are redolent with brilliant, unblinking hues and images that are twisted in form and configuration.  Her women, it seems have been maimed but standing still.  This mix of colors and figures make Cadapan's works truly awe-inspiring and tro an extent, disturbing.  "ART,'" reasons Cadapan, " should act as catalyst for people to take action.  It hsould take them think and feel; ultimately, it should inspire them to change the world inot a better place, no matter how romantic that might seem." 

    Time again, Cadapan's proficient use of colors and form has been compared to great masters like Picasso and Klee.  Though pleased with the comparison, Cadapan says that she has always been guided, not by her adulation for other visual masters, but by her innermost feelings, "As a child, I used to look at old calendars printed with the paintings of highly respected artists.  My mother would paste then on the wall of my room and stare at them for hours--studying even the brushstrokes.  But as I grew up, I met a lot of women with stories to tell.  Some are funny, others bright with triumph." 

    Cadapan is not too keen on romanticizing the past but chooses to preset the realities of the present in a stylized form.  Cadapan engages the viewer by letting her women stare at them directly as if challenging the beholder to explore the deeper recesses of their being.  Cadapan has gained prominence because of her graphic images rendered in bold strokes of colors.  Inday is bound by her love for art--desire to uplift the lives of Filipino women.  Her art expresses a wish to make the world a kinder place for women and secure a better future for the next generation--not just by painting an idealized picture of Filipino womanhood;  but by exposing the  truth in a highly stylized renditon of pain and suffering.

    Obviously, Inday believe in the po\wer of the hands that rock the cradle. 

      

   







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