Alfonso Ossorio Mural in the Chapel of St. Joseph

Virtually unknown to many Negrense artists had touched the international scene long before the art organization in Negros was established. Alfonso Ossorio, a Filipino American negrense,the son of Don Miguel Jose Ossorio and Maria Paz Yangco who owned Victorias Milling Company. The biggest sugar refinery in Asia. His close association with Jackson Pollock and Jean de Buffet made him part of parcel of the art movement they called abstract expressionism, a movement which brought a heavy contribution to the art and science in America. In the same way Ossorio contributed to establishment of another movement known as "Art Brut". His creation of a Mural popularly known as the Angry Christ in the Chapel of St. Joseph the Worker lift a permanent landmark in the history of art scene in Negros and in the Philippines as well.
In my up close experience of the mural the title 'The Angry Christ' is an ironic description of the painting Christ is not angry at all but a figure of a welcoming the father to a repenting son, as seen in the gesture of his open arms.
In my interpretation Ossorio perceived Christ as a universal savior, a messiah that transcends the boundaries of race, religion and can be mistaken as a Hindu guru or Buddhist monk. Negrense artist comes along way in the art arena. Some make it to the national level and others in the international scene.

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