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Body Parts Pete Jimenez 2-28 July 2011 Mag:net Gallery Katipunan Pete Jimenez is among the few Filipino sculptors who have consistently explored the qualities of scrap metal as a medium, transforming rusty and discarded shards from junk shops into visual puns and garage-produced gems.

Philippine Daily Inquirer Lifestyle Section Monday, July 24, 200 By Constantino C. Tejero Mostly these are slender elegant shapes perfectly poised in the air One of the most ingenious artists hereabout is Pete Jimenez. A champion of direct sculpture inspired by Julio Gonzalez and Picasso in their expressive use of iron as medium, he has [...]

West Gallery, SM Megamall February 9 to 21, 2006 Pete Jimenez, who has always found time to go hunting for junk steel in junk shops and mold them into pieces of fine art, lets us in on what it is like to be right where his workshop is in My Garage, his newest one-man exhibit [...]

Pete Jimenez always finds the little gems hidden in junk shops around Metro Manila.  What most of us see as useless, become treasures in waiting.  They just need to be in the good hands of an artist like Jimenez. In If the Shoe Fits, Jimenez shows us that his favorite weapon of choice — that [...]

by: Alya B. Honasan Philippine Daily Inquirer Sunday Inquirer Magazine October 22, 2006 Sculptor Pete Jimenez’s medium may be heavy, but his message is anything but. Ongoing until Oct. 31 at the Mag:net Gallery Paseo in Makati is sculptor Pete Jimenez’s third one-man show this year and his 10th since 2000, “Scrapyard,” where he showcases [...]

By: Helen Yu-Rivera Business Mirror October 1, 2008 How is an everyday object transformed into a work of art? An object may gain status through time in the same way that wisdom is often ascribed to age. A modest table or chair can turn into fine antique in many years. But not all objects are [...]

By: Alya B. Honasan Philippine Daily Inquirer September 15, 2008 Lifestyle Section Pete Jimenez’s scrap metal sculptures are shot through with energy and wit-maybe because he has such a great time making them. “It looked like an insect,” says Federico “Pete” Jimenez. “I still remember.” The artist is talking about the very first metal sculpture [...]