CONTEMPORARY PHILIPPINE ARTS Other Definitions

FROM THE REGIONS  Contemporary art is the art of today,

 The subject covers various contemporary
arts practices of the region where the school
is located.
 It aims to provide students with an
appreciation of a broad range of styles in the
various disciplines with consideration on
their elements and principles, and engage
them to an integrative approach in studying
arts. Through this subject, students will
broaden and acquire the necessary creative
tools that open opportunities in pursuing
their individual career goals and aspirations.
produced by artists who are living in the
twenty-first century.
 Contemporary art provides an opportunity
to reflect on contemporary society and the
issues relevant to ourselves, and the world
around us.
 Contemporary artists work in a globally
influenced, culturally diverse, and
technologically advancing world.
 Their art is a dynamic combination of
materials, methods, concepts, and subjects
that challenge traditional boundaries and
defy easy definition.

Why study art?

1. Art is a Natural Human Behavior
2. Art is Communication ART FORMS AND PRACTICES FROM REGION I
3. Art is Healing
4. Art Tells Our Story
5. Art is a Shared Experience Visual Arts

 Are works created primarily for visual

perception. They are classified according to
Characteristics of Contemporary Art
dimension (Lico, Atienza, Endaya, Jacobo &
1. Bold strokes, bright colors Santos, 2018)
2. Abstract, Expressionist & Surrealist  Two Dimensional Arts
3. Art became public. o Refer to any artwork depicted on a
4. Some artists were self-taught. flat surface, typically paintings,
5. Different materials were used instead of the sketches, mixed media, graphic arts,
traditional ones. photographs or prints.
6. Originality is not an issue in ConArt.
7. Process is important.  Three Dimensional Arts
o Refer to work that has volume and
mass such as sculpture, jewelry,
furniture, monument, assemblage,
 Contemporary Art is a statement that an
and fashion design.
artist makes about life, thoughts, ideas,
beliefs and many other things that define
human life.
 Strictly speaking, the term "contemporary
art" refers to art made and produced by
artists living today.
 Today's artists work in and respond to a
global environment that is culturally
diverse, technologically advancing, and
multifaceted.
 Working in a wide range of mediums,
contemporary artists often reflect and
comment on modern-day society.
 o Abstraction (from theLatin abs,
meaning away from and trahere ,
meaning to draw) is the process of
taking away or removing
characteristics from something in
order to reduce it to a set of essential
characteristics (Whatls, 2018)

 Cubism
o The Cubist style emphasized the flat,
two dimensional surface of the
picture plane, rejecting the
traditional techniques of perspective,
foreshortening, modeling, and
chiaroscuro, and refuting time-
honoured theories that art should
imitate nature. (Britannica, 2018)

 Sculpture
o The art of forming solid objects that
represent a thing, person, idea, etc.
out of a material such as wood, clay,
metal, or stone, or an object.

 Abstraction

Literature
 Pieces of writing that are valued as works of
art, especially novels, plays and poems.
(Oxford Dictionary, 2018).
 A type of writing that uses language to
express imaginative and emotional qualities
instead of or in addition to meaning.
 Bagay Movement – a kind of poetry which
uses colloquial language and is built on
concrete images which tend to describe
experiences.
 Social protest and social realism became the
theme of the poems.
 Short Stories – A story with a fully developed
theme but significantly shorter and less
elaborate than a novel.
 Novel – a fictitious prose narrative of book
length, typically representing character and
action with some degree of realism.
Contemporary Period
 Use of vernacular language
 Social conscious fiction
 Depicting the lives of the working class
emerged
 Social protest fiction was produced during
the Marcos Era
National Artists for Literature
 N.V.M. Gonzales
 Nick Joaquin
 Alejandro Roces
 Edith Tiempo
 Amado V. Hernandez
 Rolando Tinio
 Bienvenido Lumbera
ART FORMS AND PRACTICES FROM REGION II
What is Art?
 Art is “human ingenuity in adapting natural
things to man’s use.” (Webster)
 Art comes from the word “ars” which means
skill.
 It is synonymous with skill, cunning,
artifice, and craft, which all mean the
faculty of what is devised.
o Skill stresses technical knowledge and
proficiency.
o Cunning suggests ingenuity and subtlety
in devising, inventing, or executing.
o Artifice suggests mechanical skill
especially in imitating things in nature.
o Craft may imply expertness in
workmanship and guile in attaining
one’s end.
Functions of Art
1. Personal or Individual Function
 Artists have their personal reasons for
indulging in art.
 E.g. The poet, Edwin Markham, wrote
the poem “The Man with the Hoe”
because he was inspired by the painting
of a farmer that he had seen earlier.
 Others do their thing because of their
passion for their respective art forms.
 E.g. Gary Valenciano renders concerts
for free because he loves singing.
2. Social Function
 Man is a social being and as such he
associates with his fellow beings.
 Choral Singing
 Theater Plays
3. Economic Function
  Many people believe that it does not pay ART FORMS AND PRACTICES FROM REGION III
to be an artist. However, this belief is
negated by these facts.
 “Camote Diggers”- Carlos “Botong” Definitions
Francisco (PHP 22,192,000)
 “Lavanderas”- Fernando Amorsolo (Php  Contemporary – current, now, the present.
21,500,000)  Art – art is creation. Creating something
4. Political Function
new, something original and something
 When Imelda Romualdez-Marcos, a
different. It is doing something to change a
patroness of the arts became the
Governor of Metro Manila, she subject, to build. Art is life. It is creating life
promoted her political programs by on a material and making inanimate objects
means of the arts. to have life. To create art is to give life
 Cultural center of The Philippines (CCP) (Ramom Orlina – Glass Sculptor).
 Philippine International Convention
Center
5. Historical Function
Contemporary Art
 Paintings, sculptures, architectural
works, and other art forms serve to  Produce by living artist and contemporary to
record historical figures and events. us.
 Luneta
 Contemporary Art may become traditional
 Our Lady of EDSA
6. Cultural Function and Academic art at some point.
 Buildings, furniture (chairs, table, etc.),
clothes, and the like form part of the
country’s material culture.
7. Religious Function
 Almost all, if not all, art forms evolved
from religion. People in olden times
worshipped their Gods in the form of
songs and dances.
 The earliest dramatic forms were
religious in nature.
 Pyramid of Giza
 Mausoleum of Rome
 Great Mosque of Kairouan
 Parthenon
8. Physical Function Historical Overview: Philippine Art
 Houses and other buildings are
constructed to protect their occupants
and all others inside them.
9. Aesthetic Function
 Artworks serve to beautify.
 Sculpture
Painting
 The Philippine artist Fernando Amorsolo
(1892 -1972) was a portraitist and painter
of rural landscapes. He is best known for his
craftsmanship and mastery in the use of
light.
 Lavandera (1957)
o Amorsolo's bather represent the
epitome of Philippine beauty.
o The wet drapery on this young
woman is both revealing and
sensuous. The flower is symbolic of
the woman herself.
Architecture
 Sculpture in the Philippines mirrors its
culture – complex and diverse. The art in
this area has been influenced by many
different cultures, the most prevalent being
the east Asian nations, such as China. In
Islamic traditions began to be shown in these
areas in the Philippine Islands near the 14th
century. However, its culture began to
expand in the recent decades from
influences in the United States and other
western nations.
 The sacred and the mythical, the physical
and the erotic, the magical and the
mundane, the religious and the profane, and
music and song all permeate the art of
Filipina artist Agnes Arellano. Drawing from
rich personal experience and an
extraordinary range of influences, she
makes some of the most dramatic art in Asia.
Best known for surrealist and expressionist
work in plaster (cast and directly modeled),
bronze, and cold-cast marble, her work
tends to stress the integration of individual
elements into one totality or "inscape". She
has participated in international group
exhibitions in Berlin, Fukuoka, Havana,
Johannesburg, New York, Brisbane and
Singapore.
 Temple to the Moon Goddess
 Tausug House: To the seafaring Tausug,
Sulu, a house built on flat dry land or a site
that slopes towards Mecca is lucky. The one-
room, gabled roof house is known as “bay
 sinug” has a separate kitchen accessible
through a side porch.
 Ivatans’ houses are up made of limestone
walls, reeds, and cogon roofs

CARVING

Analysis

Untitled by Jose Alcantara

 The Alcantara panels made from carved

wood relief and lacquer feature elements
from Philippine folklore, traditional musical
instruments, and mythical characters like
Maria Makiling and Malakas at Maganda. It
is a celebration of the Filipino imagination
and the Filipino’s hardwork, faith, and sense
of camaraderie, what with its tableaus of
people gathered in dance, labor and prayer.
o Lines: Curvilinear
o Shape: Irregular
o Texture: Smooth
o Patterns: Anthropomorphic Design
o Structure: Asymetrical Balance
o Material: Wood