
@article {4795,
	title = {Reflexive Spirituality and Ecological Eschatology: Situating Landscapes in Glenn Bautista{\textquoteright}s Abstractions},
	journal = {Humanities Diliman},
	volume = {22},
	number = {2},
	year = {2025},
	pages = {1-35},
	abstract = {Local literature on abstract landscapes has not only been cursory and sparse but has also drawn dominantly from abstraction{\textquoteright}s tendency to underscore the modernist idea of the individual. As a result, these works have rarely been discussed in relation to matters beyond the self{\textemdash}such as others in society and ecology. This is striking, as literature on landscape painting in general often render the art historical category in relation to humanity{\textquoteright}s links with nature and other human groups. In an effort to address these gaps, this study uses the concept of spirituality in examining Glenn Bautista{\textquoteright}s abstraction, articulated through his delicate forms of landscapes. While spirituality is known to emphasize the person{\textquoteright}s self-reflexivity, it shall serve as a lens in surfacing the role of the artist{\textquoteright}s practice in his search for the sacred and his understanding of the entanglement of humanity and the environment, specifically in the context of ecological destruction through the theological notion of eschatology. In the process, this study will forward the concept of landscape not as a genre, but as a medium, employed by the artist to understand, construct, and present himself a human in relation with other humans, the Divine, and the planet.},
	url = {https://saliksik.upd.edu.ph/storage/submission/pdf/manuscripts/rPqy1lXeShpROkb70PInQNAPzmFCgAnzWwgvlTAT.pdf},
	author = {Lugue, Mark Louie L.}
}
