Lying in State

An accompanying publication of the exhibition Lying In State in celebration of National Artist Cesar Legaspi’s birth centenary in 2017, it highlights the “artist’s public art projects and state commissions, including those from the collections of the Cultural Center of the Philippines, the National Museum of the Philippines, and Malacanan Palace. It also features unique collaborations with younger generations of artists from diverse fields: from lantern makers of Pampanga to media artists taking off from Legaspi pieces employing animation and video projection.