CONTEMPORARY PHILIPPINE ARTS FROM

THE REGIONS

Lesson 1
 “Portia Wounding Her Thigh”
-Elizabeth Sirani
• Power of Woman in Art
• Gender Equality
• The painting’s subject depicts an act of a woman
possessing the same strength as that of a man.
"I was walking down the road with two friends
when the sun set; suddenly, the sky turned as
red as blood. I stopped and leaned against the
fence, feeling unspeakably tired. Tongues of
fire and blood stretched over the bluish black
fjord. My friends went on walking, while I
lagged behind, shivering with fear. Then I
heard the enormous infinite scream of
nature."
 THE SCREAM
-Edvard Munch
• “Soul Painting”
• Edvard Munch reveals an honest and perhaps even ugly
glimpse of his inner troubles and feelings of anxiety,
putting more importance on personal meaning than on
technical skill or “beauty,” a traditional goal of art.
WHAT IS ART?
The expression or application of human
creative skill and imagination, typically in
a visual form such as painting or
sculpture, producing works to be
appreciated primarily for their beauty or
emotional power.
 We can use arts as a form of;
• Self-expression (paintings, music, poetry, fashion, etc)
• Therapy
• Aesthetic
• Inspiration
• Motivation
• Awareness
WHAT IS CONTEMPORARY ART?

Is it same as modern art?

HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF PHILIPPINE ART
 HISTORICAL OVERVIEW: PHILIPPINE ART
FORM PRE- SPANISH AMERICAN JAPANESE POSTWAR 70S
CONQUEST PERIOD PERIOD PERIOD REPUBLIC
CONTEMPORARY
1521-1898 1898-1940 1941-1945 1946-1969
PAINTING Potter, body Religious Landscape, Wartime Modern, Figurative, non-
adornment secular interior, still scene for conservativ figurative, art for
life propaganda e, abstract, art sake,
public art multimedia
(amorsolo,
SCULPTURE Pottery, Santos, Free standing,
ocampo, etc)
carving, furniture, relief, public
woodwork altar, jewelry,
pieta
ARCHITECTURE Dwellings Church, City planning Public works Real estate, safe housing,
and houses, lighthouse, parks, condos, etc.
shelters, etc waterfronts,
worship apartments
MODERN ARTS CONTEMPORARY ARTS
1880 - 1960 1960 –still emerging
“Traditional” Produced by artists living
today
 VICTORIO EDADES
• Father of Philippine Modern Art
• Initiating the Modern Art movement that challenged
the Neoclassic style, which was dominant that time.
• Modern artist do not aim to copy and idealize reality.
• Changing colors and flatten the picture instead of
creating illusions of depth.
“The Palay Maiden, 1920” “Mora Girl, 1950”
 WHAT IS THE SIMILARITIES AND
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MODERN
ART AND CONTEMPORARY ART?
 Neo-Realist
-focus on social problems

Man and Carabao (H.Ocampo)

Morning Dance (Cesar Legaspi)
 Social Realist
-considered heirs of this tradition
(Imelda Cajipe-Endaya)
 STYLISTIC OVERVIEW

FORM PRECOLONIAL SPANISH/ISLAMIC AMERICAN MODERN POSTMODERN/

COLONIAL COLONIAL CONTEMPORARY

PAINTING Religious, Religious, formal Classical, Abstract, Collaborative

community- naturalistic. idyllic, neorealist,
based, inter- nostalgic surreal,
ethnic relations, expressionist
SCULPTURE collective Abstract Junk/scrap,
history. Expressionism performance art,
hybrid

ARCHITECTURE Worship-related, Neoclassic, International Filipino

etc. art deco industrializing architecture,
cosmopolitan, etc.
• Aside from style, it is also very useful to
know where the artists are coming from
and the circumstances of making and
disseminating their art.
CHARACTERISTICS OF
CONTEMPORARY ART
Process-based and integrate various mediums
and art forms. Example;
• The band
Sleepyheads
integrate
performance art,
theatrically, and
indie music.
 Collaborative/participative, interactive, and
process-oriented
• There is less emphasis on the finished product and a
single creator.
Ibn Saud Salipyasin
Ahmad

-contemporary artist
-his depictions invite
us to witness his
culture and its
traditions.