Congratulations to W., Jedi, Wild Thing and the awesomest brother in the whole wide world, on being part of the indie-art show Filophile, which opens tonight in West Los Angeles! (Yes, that is me in Princess-Leia buns. Taken before the Star Wars Convention in ‘07. Geeks will rule the world some day.)

Filophile
Featuring: Aaron Dadacay, Charmaine Felix-Meyer, W. Don Flores, Christine Morla, Gina Osterloh, Chris Sicat

JAUS—Artist-Run Gallery Space (1943 S. Westgate Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90025)

Opens Friday, November 6, 2009 7pm to 10pm, runs till December 20

JAUS is very pleased to present Filophile, an exhibition featuring the work of 6 Filipino artists from Southern California.

…W. Don Flores is a current student at the Santa Monica College Art Mentor Program. W. Don Flores (Ateneo de Manila University, B.S. in Psychology) manipulates images found on Google Earth, and paints abstracted mental maps which collide personal history, memory and geography in the global era. Flores equally draws from animé, digital weather maps, and packaging material as a source of formal and thematic inspiration.

Note: A portion of any sales of artwork from Filophile will be donated to Typhoon Ondoy relief efforts in the Philippines. If you’d like to help please contact: http://www.cdrc-phil.org/ or www.rockedphilippines.org.

More information on the show at the JAUS gallery website, HERE. (Click on “Exhibitions.”)

I am very, very proud of my Manong. To him I say, “All their base are belong to us!”