Bernardo Pacquing’s “Slit and Thrust” series pays homage to the tradition of the indigenous people of Northern Luzon – the cañao. Though the cañao was practiced for a multitude of reasons, it is mostly considered a socio-religious ritual of offering and thanksgiving. In this practice, livestock like chickens, pigs, or carabaos are slit open, allowing for a wooden stick to be thrust into the animal’s heart. These animals are then chopped and cooked depending on their species – commonly the pigs are boiled in water and some spice to create watwat while the chickens are made into pinikpikan.
\nPacquing’s Slit and Thrust series, therefore, is an amalgamation of Pacquing’s paintings as the mostly plain white background is cut through as a “stick” seemingly impales the middle of the canvas, reminiscent of the process of cañao. With this particular Slit and Thrust piece, the large-scale Slit and Thrust #5, the stick is tied with a piece of cloth, breaking the stillness of the piece.
\nAside from acting as a homage to this traditional practice, Pacquing’s Slit and Thrust series also lays the artist’s process of assembling materials into his work with this series inserting various materials into the fold that range from household objects, common everyday items, and the likes.
\n“This bold act of inserting these media shifts the viewers’ vantage point from the monumental painting pieces to each piece's focal point creating a dynamic relationship between unassumingly unrelated pieces,” writes this series’s exhibition notes. Pacquing’s Slit and Thrust series was first exhibited in Silverlens in 2017.
\nAs an exhibit for his 50th birthday, Bernardo Pacquing’s “Slit and Thrust” series pays homage to the tradition of the indigenous people of Northern Luzon – the cañao. Though the cañao was practiced for a multitude of reasons, it is mostly considered a socio-religious ritual of offering and thanksgiving. In this practice, livestock like chickens, pigs, or carabaos are slit open, allowing for a wooden stick to be thrust into the animal’s heart. These animals are then chopped and cooked depending on their species – commonly the pigs are boiled in water and some spice to create watwat while the chickens are made into pinikpikan.
\nPacquing’s Slit and Thrust series, therefore, is an amalgamation of Pacquing’s paintings as the mostly plain white background is cut through as a “stick” seemingly impales the middle of the canvas, reminiscent of the process of cañao. With this particular Slit and Thrust piece, the large-scale Slit and Thrust #5, the stick is tied with a piece of cloth, breaking the stillness of the piece.
\nAside from acting as a homage to this traditional practice, Pacquing’s Slit and Thrust series also lays the artist’s process of assembling materials into his work with this series inserting various materials into the fold that range from household objects, common everyday items, and the likes.
\n“This bold act of inserting these media shifts the viewers’ vantage point from the monumental painting pieces to each piece's focal point creating a dynamic relationship between unassumingly unrelated pieces,” writes this series’s exhibition notes. Pacquing’s Slit and Thrust series was first exhibited in Silverlens in 2017 (Hannah Valiente)
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