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Mysterious Diseases: Igan D'Bayan at Pocket Universe Art Collective

Posted on July 27, 2012 by Kate Santos

The grand launch of Pocket Universe Art Collective (PUAC) is a showcase of Igan D'Bayan's latest show called, "Mysterious Diseases". The gallery is transformed into a dark room filled with equally dark images.

The portraits appeared to be partially in decay. They looked like a mix of zombies, with a touch of Francis Bacon. The X-ray images in the light box reminded me of the movie Alien, that scene where the alien bursts out of John Hurt's chest. There's also a skeleton in a cage, but I'm not quite sure what creature it belongs to. Dark as it is, this is a display of a genius.

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D'Bayan draws inspiration from movies such as Dead Snow and Taxideremia, Bizarre and Rue Morgue magazines, as well as a “really sick clinical atlas of dermatology” by a Filipino doctor.

The opening night included music from The Black Vomits, Turbo Goth, Noli and the Tangeres.

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