Repetition is the act of repeating actions, performances, productions or presentations. In this new body of works the artist investigates the sample parallelisms of customs between generations of families through family portraits. Traditions, whether good or bad, are repeated in minute detail from one generation to the next.  Tadeo’s paintings attempt to capture the act of handing down family values from one generation to the other, and relates this repetition to the bigger picture of Philippine society.

The artist believes that the home or the family, which is the smallest but also the most influential unit of society practices and preserves its values and customs. He considers the family as the root of the entire Filipino social phenomenon, and the key to how Philippine society works.  The paintings attempt to portray the role of each member of the family, and the customs and traditions that influence the manner of decision making.

Brendale Asinas Tadeo was born in 1987 in Zambales, Philippines. His work has been featured in solo and group exhibitions: Machinas (2010, NOVA Gallery), Petit Format (2011, CCP), Tutuk Anobayani (2010, CCP), Penumbra (2010, Blanc Gallery), Yari (2010, UP Vargas Museum), Everyday Filipino Heroes (2010, UP Vargas Museum), Tutok SOeNA (2009, Manila Contemporary, Artist in Review (2009, CASA San Miguel, Zambales), Tutok KKK (2008, Blanc Gallery), Tutok Kasaysayang (2007, Artspace Glorietta), Tutok Dos por Dos (2007, Boston Gallery), Tagtagepnep (2005, CASA San Miguel, Zambales).

In 2010, Tadeo won the 2nd Prize in the Oil/Acrylic Category of the 43rd Shell National Students Art Competition. He was a finalist in the 1st PNOC Painting Competition and the 25th Visual Art National Competition that same year. He is the resident artist at Casa San Miguel, Zambales where he teaches art and crafts. He is a member of Anino Shadowplay Collective and Anino Zambales.

Brendale Asinas Tadeo’s exhibition “Repetition” runs from June 7 to June 30, 2011, at the Total Gallery of the Alliance Française de Manille or visit the AFM website at www.alliance.ph