halfwhiteboy

Signature Gabito. One of the pieces on display at Ignore the Noise. It was a painting at furniture designer Kenneth Cobonpue's showroom at Hive , one of a shrouded figure set against a black backdrop and that seemed to jump out of the frame. The figure was unmistakably human, kneeling, head bowed and with one hand clutching his chest, like he was defeated, devastated or something. There was a certain creepiness to it that spoke to me, appealed to me. It was hauntingly beautiful and I was completely mesmerized. I would later learn that the painting was the work of a young artist named Dino Gabito , and that he had just held his first solo show on the same month I saw his painting at Hive. It drove me nuts that his show, which was aptly called Shroud Ides of March , featured several more such paintings of shrouded figures, more so when I found out all his pieces were sold out -- and that there is a long wait list for his works. Seventeen months later Gabito is now holding hi...