MANUEL OCAMPO (Quezon City, Philippines, 1965). "Headache". Mixed media on cardboard. Size: 45 x 38 cm; 63 x 63 cm (frame). Manuel Ocampo is the "enfant terrible" of current art. A polemic artist, but claimed by museums and galleries all over the world, he unfolds an irreverent cosmogony through which he directly criticises the weight of Catholicism in his native Philippines. American cultural monopoly and imperialism is also treated with intelligent humour in his paintings. In this case, Lucifer lashes out with a large cross at a sleepless worshipper. Next to him, a photograph of the Saviour tries, unsuccessfully, to guide him on the path to salvation. It is characteristic of his work to juxtapose expressionist traces and references to popular culture, as can be seen in this work. Manuel Ocampo is considered the most important Filipino artist today. His painting, described by the media as "devastating", "brutal" and "ferocious", undergoes frequent strategic changes in response to new contexts and subject matter, and is influenced by Punk and cartoons. He works mainly from his hometown, although he has also been based in other places such as California, Seville or Luxembourg. He has had numerous national and international exhibitions, including: 2018, Yes, Sir/Ma'am! No, Sir/Ma'am! Right Away, Sir/Ma'am! at Tyler Rollins Fine Art (NYC); 2017, Oeuvres: 1994 - 2016, Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris; 2017, Hello! Belle Peinture: Thinking of the Beginning of the End of the Death of Painting, Nosbaum Reding Art Contemporain, Luxembourg; 2016, The Corrections, Finale Art File, Makati, Philippines; or in 2016, Sweating the Green Parrot Out, Marie Kirkegaard Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark.