FILIPINO VISUAL

ARTISTS
PHILIPPINE VISUAL ARTS
• is a confluence of both ethnic and western traditions in the treatment
of subject and the use of medium -a mixture of western and native
cultural influences.
NAPOLEON ABUEVA
• Father of Modern Philippine Sculpture
• youngest national artist awardee
• Water Buffalo
• bronze image of Teodoro M. Kalaw, facade of National Library
• The Transfiguration at the Eternal Gardens Memorial Park
• death masks of Benigo Aquino Jr. & Fernando Poe Jr.
NAPOLEON ABUEVA AND THE
TRANSFIGURATION
ANG KIUKOK
• imbued with nationalist fervor and sociological agenda (NCCA)
• Geometric Landscape, 1990 -Pieta, won bronze medal in Saigon
• Seated Figure (1979) auctioned at Singapore's Southeby's
• Dog Fight
ANG KIUKOK AND GEOMETRIC
LANDSCAPE
VICTORIO EDADES
• The Original Bad Boy of Philippine Art
• Father of Modernism in the Philippine Art
• impressionists influences: Cezanne & Paul Gauguin
• colors were dark & gloomy
• subjects: Filipino laborers in their everyday situations
• "working class depicted in rough, bold, impasto strokes, and standing tall and
singular in his advocacy and practice (NCCA)"
• Poinsettia Girl; The Wrestlers; Portrait of the Professor
• The Sketch
• Japanese Girl
VICTORIO EDADES AND THE SKETCH
CESAR LEGASPI
• National Artist for Visual Arts
• Pioneer of Neorealist movement –
• paved way to the modern art's birth –
• "the use of the geometric fragmentation technique, weaving social comment
and juxtaposing the mythical and modern into his overlapping, interacting
forms with disturbing power and intensity" –
• Man & Woman –
• Reclining Nude –
• Gadgets –
• Tree Planting
CESAR LEGASPI AND BAYANIHAN
VICENTE S. MANANSALA
• illustrator and cubist painter
• Macabebe, Pampanga
• barrio and city depections were "as visions of reality teetering on the
edge of abstraction" -training: Otis School of Drawing, Los Angeles;
Paris
• Jeepney combined the elements of provincial folk culture with busy
streets of the city
• Madonna of the Slums
• Birdman
VICENTE MANANSALA AND
MADONNA OF THE SLUMS
HERNANDO R. OCAMPO
• elf-taught painter –
• "provided an understanding and awareness of the harsh realities in
the country" –
• invented a new mode of perception that demonstrated the
atmosphere and the wildlife of the country –
• used movement and bold colors –
• Nude with Candle and Flower; Inang Balon; Man and Carabo;
Ancestors; Fiesta; Kasaysayan ng Lahi; Revelation V
HERNANDO OCAMPO AND NUDE WITH
CANDLE AND FLOWER
FERNANDO AMORSOLO
• country's first national artist –
• Grand Old Man of Philippine Art –
• Art School of the Liceo de Manila; UP –
• "the rapture of a sensualist utterly in love with the Earth, with the
Philippine sun" (Nick Joaquin) –
• Planting Rice, 1946 –
• Defense of a Filipina Woman's Honor, 1946 –
• Sunday Morning Going Town, 1958
FERNANDO AMORSOLO’S SELF
PORTRAIT
CARLOS “BOTONG” V. FRANCISCO
• muralist from Angono, Rizal –
• ability to turn "fragments of the historic past into vivid records of the
legendary courage of the ancestors of his race" –
• Blood Compact –
• Bayanihan sa Bukid –
• Magpupukot -Fiesta –
• First Mass at Limasawa –
• The Martyrdom of Rizal
BOTONG FRANCISCO AND BLOOD
COMPACT
ARTURO “ART” LUZ
• printmaker, sculptor, art administrator –
• minimalist, used geometric abstracts that exemplify and ideal of
sublime austerity in expression and form –
• pioneered the professionalization of the art galleries that set a
prestigious influence over generations of Filipino artists –
• Self-Portrait; Cities of the Past -black and white mural can be viewed
in the hall of CCP's Little Theater –
• Bagong Taon –
• Man with Guitar
ART LUZ AND MAN WITH GUITAR
J. ELIZALDE NAVARRO
• painter, sculptor, graphic designer, mask-maker in hard wood –
• merges the human and the animal –
• Represented the country at Sao Paolo Bienale for sculpture –
• I'm Sorry Jesus, I Can't Attend Christmas This Year,
J.E. NAVARRO AND I’M SORRY JESUS, I
CAN’T ATTEND CHRISTMAS THIS
YEAR
DODJIE LAUREL
• A Flying Contraption for Mr. Icarus,
• The Seasons –
• Singkil –
• Is He the Man?
GUILLERMO TOLENTINO
• Master in classical sculpture –
• "a product of the Revival Period in Philippine art" –
• figure of Jose Rizal (UP) –
• Pres. Quezon (Quezon Memorial) –
• Pres. Magsaysay (GSIS building) -designed the medals for Ramon
Magsaysay Award, & seal of the Republic of the Philippines –
• Oblation (UPD) –
• Unang Sigaw sa Balintawak (Bonifacio Monument) Caloocan
GUILLERMO TOLENTINO AND UNANG
SIGAW SA BALINTAWAK
JOSE T. JOYA
• former Dean of College of Fine Arts,
• UP-Diliman –
• initiated Abstract Expressionism in the country –
• dynamic spontaneity and quick gestures –
• Nanking; Beethoven listening to the Blues; Cityscape; Granadean
Arabesque, Biennial –
• Mariveles –
• Hills of Nikko
JOSE T. JOYA AND HILLS OF NIKKO
PACITA ABAD
• Born on the northern island of Batanes, the internationally revered artist first
obtained a degree in Political Science at the University of the Philippines. Her
staunch activism against the Marcos regime in the 1970s, led her to move to San
Francisco to initially study law – but she found her true calling with art. Her
paintings consist of vibrant colors and a constant change of patterns and materials.
Earlier work dealt with socio-political depictions of people, indigenous masks,
tropical flowers, and underwater scenes. Pacita created a unique technique called
‘trapunto’, where she stitches and stuffs her vibrant canvases with a wide range of
materials such as cloth, metal, beads, buttons, shells, glass and ceramics, to give
her work a three-dimensional look. Her many travels across the globe with her
husband have served as an inspiration for the techniques and materials used in
her art. Pacita has participated in over 60 exhibitions across the United States,
Latin America, and Europe.
PACITA ABAD AND WOMEN OF
COLORS
BENEDICTO CABRERA
• Fondly known as ‘BenCab’ in the Philippines, Cabrera is the best-
selling commercial painter of his generation and a prominent head of
the local contemporary art scene. He studied under José Joya at the
University of the Philippines and received his degree in Fine Arts in
1963. His fruitful career has spanned five decades, where his
paintings, etchings, sketches, and prints have been exhibited across
Asia, Europe, and the US. He currently resides in the chilly northern
hill station of Baguio, where he established his own four-level BenCab
Museum on Asin Road that features an eclectic selection of
indigenous artifacts, personal works, and an overwhelming collection
of paintings from contemporary Filipino artists.
BEN CAB AND THREE WOMEN
ROBERTO CHABET
• Born Roberto Rodriguez, he used his mother’s maiden name Chabet
when he began his career in art. He was a mentor to many students at
the University of the Philippines, where he taught for over 30 years,
and is acknowledged as the father of conceptual art in the Philippines.
Chabet initially studied architecture but his conceptual art
installations, collages, and sculptures in the 1960s and 70s made him
a rebellious figure on the local art scene. He was the founding
museum director of the Cultural Center of the Philippines from 1967-
1970, where he established the 13 Artists Awards that highlight the
achievements of young artists whose works show a contemporary
view of art-making and thinking.
ROBERTO CHABET AND WAVES