Intertwined Conversations | Tipos del Pais: Chinese Copies of Albums

Intertwined Conversations is lecture series formatted as conversations between experts—both overseas and local—with the aim of sharing their scholarship and expertise in topics that connect to the themes of the exhibition, Intertwined: Transpacific, Transcultural Philippines.

Dr. Florina Capistrano-Baker first suggested in 2004 the previously undocumented phenomenon of Chinese replication of 19th-century tipos de pais by Filipino artists Damian Domingo and Justiniano Asuncion.

Since then, more Chinese copies of Philippine originals dispersed in various collections have come to light. Among these are as copies of Asuncion's works by well-known Cantonese export painter Tingqua and other painters in his workshop in the collection of the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts. Other Chinese copies by unidentified artists occur alongside Asuncion originals in the Firestone Library at Princeton University. While authorship of Chinese copies of Domingo's works remain unknown, careful study of surviving copies on pith paper in various collections reveal differences in the quality of draftsmanship and materials used.

This talk explores discrepancies in artistry that create an intriguing hierarchy of replicas of Philippine originals.

Featured are:
• Dr. Florina H. Capistrano-Baker, former Museum Director of the Ayala Museum where she is currently a consultant.
• Maria Cristina Juan, Faculty at the SOAS School of Languages Cultures and Linguistics and project head of Philippine Studies at SOAS.
• Karina H. Corrigan, Associate Director – Collections and the H.A. Crosby Forbes Curator of Asian Export Art at the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM).

This talk originally took place on November 5, 2022.

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