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Contemporary Arts in the Philippines

2. 2. The Philippines is a gold mine of ART.
3. 3. The Philippines has a variety of many other art forms.
4. 4. Four colonial periods in our history – the Spanish, British, American and Japanese.
5. 5. The art of the Philippines had been influenced by almost all spheres of the globe. It had the taste
of the Renaissance, Baroque, and Modern Periods through the colonizers who arrived in the country.
6. 6. Philippines welcome the birth of Contemporary art when the world opened up the idea of
postmodernism in the late 1900’s.
7. 7. First appearance: After the WW II & during Martial Law Era (1970).
8. 8. Writers broke the laws by writing screams of protest against the government. Filmmakers used their
expertise in joining the bandwagon of nationalistic artists.
9. 9. Modernism in all art forms evolved into a variety of expressions and media that turned the entire
world into a “Creative Upheaval”
10. 10. Composition No. 2 by Lee Aguinaldo 1956. Oil on lawinit board
11. 11. Many Filipino artists and architects became adherents of the modernist style.
12. 12. Abstract expressionism by National Artist Jose Joya (Art style of the modernist period in the
1950’s.)
13. 13. Late 1980’s… Postmodernism appeared in the Philippines. • Postmodernism sought to contradict
several aspects and ideas of modernism that had emerged earlier. • They believe that artists should no
longer try to create something “new”. • All they needed to do was to “borrow, combine, explore” what
was already existing to produce something new. • This gave birth to integrative art, which is being
practiced in the regions at present.
14. 14. Meta II by Louie Cordero – 2011 – Acrylic on fiberglass
15. 15. Several Features of POSTMODERNISM  PASTICHE • Most common feature in which refers to
the blurring of divisions between fine art and commercial art, high culture and low culture. It also
means artistic, musical, and literary works that come from diverse sources – a mixture, a medley of
different ideas. • There is a sense of fragmentation – for instance, a narrative does not have to be
complete; it can be open-ended.
16. 16. Pastiche of Leonardo da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man
17. 17. Bricolage or Assemblage • Popularly used in visual arts. • It refers to a creation or construction
that uses a diverse range of materials – from mass-produced to recovered objects. • A simplification of
collage, bricolage can also pertain to the use of words as the central artistic element. In literary arts, it
is the use of varied sources of writing.
18. 18. Educated by Rocky Cajigan 2015 Box Construction
19. 19.  Appropriation or borrowing This refers to the use of the style and content of another culture for a
performance, for example, the music of Bach being played by a Filipino rock band.
20. 20. Installation • It is an art made indoors or outdoors where a particular space is transformed into a
three- dimensional artwork. • It is made of diverse materials, using a realistic or abstract style. • It is a
conceptual art that presents diverse themes, but it is usually temporary.
21. 21. Other features of Postmodernism: •Recycling of past styles and themes, putting them in a modern-
day context; •Breaking up barriers between low and pop cultures, fine and high arts.
22. 22. New theme in all the art forms: • Socially conscious issues which have arisen with this period:
feminism, consumerism, multiculturalism, globalization, health awareness, migration, and so on.
23. 23. Today, most Filipino contemporary artists still deal with current concerns that affect our country. •
They provide ways to allow the audience to participate in the experience. • They acknowledge their
Filipino roots by using native and indigenous materials in their artwork which show a growing sense
of pride in being Filipino.
24. 24. Philippine contemporary art is part of culture. As a reader, and viewer, you gain a deeper
knowledge about what the contemporary Filipino artists do or did, and why and how they do or have
done it. In doing so, you get to develop appreciation and gratitude for their artistic endeavors.