Magsasaka (The Farmer) — artwork #10025 by Archie Oclos · Manila, Philippines
graffiti portrait agriculture paysan carabao riz mains
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Archie Oclos was born in 1989 in the Philippines into a farming family that migrated to Manila when he was nine. Despite his family's precarious situation, he earned a scholarship to a science high school and later studied fine arts at the University of the Philippines (UP Diliman), supporting himself by working as a photographer's assistant. After a few years as a visual concept designer at EA Ga…
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Added 20/04/2026
A monumental mural painted in 2016 by Archie Oclos and Aleili Ariola on the wall of Burgos Eats in BGC. Against a dark background scattered with rice silhouettes, a smiling farmer holds a woven straw hat (salakot) against his chest while a carabao's head merges with his own, symbolizing agricultural labor. Two giant hands flank him, one offering a handful of white rice. The work pays tribute to farm workers, often forgotten in Philippine urban narratives.
The artwork Magsasaka (Le Paysan) is of type graffiti. You can admire it in the city of Manila in Philippines, more precisely here: Rizal Drive corner 29th Street, Burgos Circle, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City.
This graffiti is also tagged as: portrait, agriculture, paysan, carabao, riz, mains.
Find all artworks by the artists who contributed to its creation by clicking on their name: Archie Oclos
The photo was published on 20-04-2026 by an unknown hunter.
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