Pio Abad | Glasgow International

mannequin in a swimsuit and a straw hat standing with one foot on a disco ball in a pile of dirt. the room is covered in bright patterned yellow wallpaper

orange mannequin wearing a swimsuit, bright blue cowboy boots, a blue eye mask and a straw hat. the mannequin stands with one hand on its hips and its foot resting atop a disco ball. beneath the disco ball there is a pile of dirt. the room is wallpapered in a bright orange and blue pattern

large blue poster pinned to the wall. it shows various such as someone sunbathing on a beach and a soldier in the sand with a modern gun. the images are linked together with lines, showing the connections between them.

close up of a mannequin wearing a beige swimsuit, silver bangles and a disco ball necklace. the mannequin also dons a straw hat, blonde braids with beads at the end, and a blue eye mask. the background is a heavily patterned wallpapered wall.

The Duchy

Pio Abad’s sculptures, prints and video work forms a milieu of fetish, idolatry and excess wherein the links between militarism and disco and the subversion of disco subculture are explored.