| Bencab museum in Baguio City |
Ben Cabrera or Bencab as he is popularly known is one of the creative geniuses of modern contemporary Philippine Arts.
His works has the element of comics books which is one of the form of arts he discovered while still a young boy. But he was made famous by an unknown woman Sabel who roamed the street of Sta. Cruz where he lives as a child. Bencab saw in this woman his inspiration and made sketches of her. As an artist, he sees mysteries in his art subject and explored it to send through messages and thoughts.
Bencab arts includes works in sculptures, drawings, etchings and drawing. He admittedly more in love with his drawings more than anything else.
Bencab arts has strong expression as he expressed his deepest thoughts and emotions on them. He won his first award while in primary school doing a poster for human rights campaigns. He is an artist whose strength is in the his arts and claimed that his arts focused his mind and drawings is an obsession of sort for him.
Bencab is now a resident of Baguio City after living in Manila and London. He gave up urban living to focus himself in his works in his arts as he beleives that fine arts should be related to one's own experiences and soul.
Bencab has built a mesuem named after him that show off his distinct style in colors, shapes and lines and curves.
Bencab museum is located at Km. 6 Asin Road,Tadiangan,Tuba Benguet.
