Contra-Affair

Dina Gadia
Silverlens, Manila

About

    Dina Gadia presents a solo show in 20SQUARE called Contra-Affair. Known for her collages, Gadia enjoys mixing pop art rock and roll inspired images, and putting them together to create an entirely new context.

    In Contra-Affair, Gadia uses three mediums: painting, collage and sculpture to explore “affairs of ideas/images that go against each other”—from a muscle man in a graveyard to a children’s textbook illustration with punk graphics.

    She likens her mix and match of images to dating. “If the images seem like their playfully flirting with one another, at the same time, ‘never trusting and committing’, then I'll make them stick together.” The resulting affair between contrasts or ironies becomes something else entirely. For example, by adding the text “mamaw” (monster) into the muscle man-graveyard mix, the transformation from man to beast becomes complete. In each new “affair”, she purchases a new identity for the images by defining the images against each other.

    Because Gadia “cracks the images to open the possibilities of new meaning”, her work is witty, often times in your face, but always thought-provoking. Will the contra-affair work? Or, will it be over before it starts? Like Gadia, one can only guess how long the affair will last and challenge the expected.

    Words by Bea Davila

Dina Gadia presents a solo show in 20SQUARE called Contra-Affair. Known for her collages, Gadia enjoys mixing pop art rock and roll inspired images, and putting them together to create an entirely new context.

In Contra-Affair, Gadia uses three mediums: painting, collage and sculpture to explore “affairs of ideas/images that go against each other”—from a muscle man in a graveyard to a children’s textbook illustration with punk graphics.

She likens her mix and match of images to dating. “If the images seem like their playfully flirting with one another, at the same time, ‘never trusting and committing’, then I'll make them stick together.” The resulting affair between contrasts or ironies becomes something else entirely. For example, by adding the text “mamaw” (monster) into the muscle man-graveyard mix, the transformation from man to beast becomes complete. In each new “affair”, she purchases a new identity for the images by defining the images against each other.

Because Gadia “cracks the images to open the possibilities of new meaning”, her work is witty, often times in your face, but always thought-provoking. Will the contra-affair work? Or, will it be over before it starts? Like Gadia, one can only guess how long the affair will last and challenge the expected.

Words by Bea Davila

Works

Dina Gadia
Dazzling Display of Talent
2010
2618
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collage
10.94h x 8.54w in / 27.8h x 21.7w cm
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Dina Gadia
Domesticated Violence Go!
2010
2619
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collage
10.35h x 6.77w in • 26.3h x 17.2w cm
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Dina Gadia
Idol in Action
2010
2620
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10.71h x 8.27w in • 27.2h x 21w cm
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Dina Gadia
Mamaw
2010
2621
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collage
10.24h x 8.27w in / 26h x 21w cm
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Dina Gadia
Sensations in Tandem
2010
2622
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collage
10.71h x 8.27w in • 27.2h x 21w cm
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Dina Gadia
Sightings Mumbo-Jumbo
2010
2623
2
collage
11.81h x 8.85w in • 30h x 22.48w cm
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Dina Gadia
Snake Bite Love
2010
2624
2
collage
10.43h x 8w in • 26.5h x 20.3w cm
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Dina Gadia
The Quickening and Rising
2010
2625
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collage
11.81h x 8.85w in • 30h x 22.48w cm
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Dina Gadia
Spectacle Plastic Devices
2010
2626
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acrylic and resin
3.94h x 1.38w x 1.38d in • 10h x 3.50w x 3.50d cm
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Dina Gadia
The Big Chameleon Moment
2010
2617
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acrylic on canvas
77h x 96w in • 195.58h x 243.84w cm
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