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For almost two decades now, Gary-Ross Pastrana has managed this unlikely co-existence between his works of objects and his works on paper. And in that span, it could be said that the more they have progressed distinctly from one another, the more they have also come to complement each other.

In 2003, Pastrana held his first ever collage show in an independent art space in Quezon City. These were small works on paper—on index cards, which had steadily accumulated since his time as a student. Most of them were part of his own personal regimen and processes, and were for his own use and …