Orlina, Ramon Link to the Ramon Orlina Website. If art is innovation, then Ramon Orlina is an artist par excellance. For decades, Orlina has been transfiguring glass into art... His works are a marvel, and proclaim the Filipino genius to an international community. His Wings of Victory hung from the ceiling of the eight-story Wisma Atria in Singapore (until they were removed); Fertile Crescent stands at the Marina Park of the Singapore Indoor Stadium; the Quintessence, a glass window installation is the centerpiece of the Singapore Art Museum; New Horizon adorns the China Hotel in Guangzhou; and several other glass sculptures welcome visitors to the Hakataka Museum and Theater in Japan. His large-scale works in the Philippines included Oneness, an eight-meter high sculpture in glass, stainless steel, and concrete, at the Liwasang ASEAN of the CCP complex and Arcanum XIX, Paradise Gained, a giant mural measuring six feet by nine and weighing three tons, at the lobby of the Silahis International Hotel. These and countless others inspire awe and reveal the strange mixture of strength and fragility of his medium, a mixture that ultimately amounts to beauty.
