Itlog (Egg)
2019
Zinc, Gesso, Paint, Graphite
8" x 10"
Itlog or Egg is the artist's queering and re-imagining of traditional Spanish colonial 19th century ex-voto paintings that depict miracles and devotees giving thanks to a patron saint. Here, the artist and his husband are seen offering an egg and candle to the Brown Virgin of Antipolo, patron saint of Filipino migrants, for granting the artist's prayers for a green card. Adding to the queering of this scene, "Itlog" is also Tagalog slang for testicles.