• Dr.

Patrick Flores describes Philippine

contemporary art with “The feeling (s) that all is
possible in the contemporary, conceived as a
constant extending and deepening constellation of
art.”
• Contemporary art allows Filipino artists to portray
the subject and the medium in innovative and
skillful ways, reflecting Filipino identity.
• Philippine Contemporary art can be found
even in the most unsuspecting places. It cannot be
reduced to conventional notions of space and
medium.
 ARCHITECTURE
• Each structure tells a story of how the art of building was
used to shape the course of history and society. Likewise,
architecture in the country continues to be vibrant.

• With the improvement of tourism, more first-class

architecture is expected to pour in.

• New and fresh structures are sprouting all over the

country.
CARLOS A. SANTOS-VIOLA
Iglesia in Commonwealth
JASON BUENSALIDO
 JUAN ARELLANO (1935) ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER CHURCH
Metropolitan Theater, Manila Victorias City, Negros Occidental
 LITERATURE
Categories:
• POETRY (riddle, proverb, folk songs, tanaga, and epic)
• TALE (myth, fable, legends, and fantastic stories)
• DRAMA (dance and rituals)
 “TAYO PA BA”

Presensiya mo’y lumayo

minamahal kong sinta
luha ko’y tumutulo
‘di pa ba nahalata?
• Roland Tolentino On Philippine contemporary literature, eminent scholar and
writer describes that the Filipino writing in today’s world contains the diasporic
experience and the incorporation of both the rural and the urban experience.
• Writers have also explored the western genre and have produced legitimate texts
on prose poetry, flash fiction, magic realism, and science fiction. Distinguished
writers and editors have gathered anthologies to collect into volumes the newest
and most innovative works of Filipinos today.
 MARIVI SOLIVEN
published her novel The Mango Bride in 2013
under Penguin Books.
won the 2014 Scholastic Asian Book Award for
her novel What Things Mean.
 • In 1964, the short-story anthology, MGA AGOS SA
DISYERTO, brought Philippine fiction in the age of social
realism.

LITERARY JOURNALISM
• Is a form of non-fiction that combines factual reporting with
some narrative techniques and stylistic strategies traditionally
associated with fiction.
 THEATER
• Contemporary Philippine theater is still alive despite the
dominance of television, movies, and the Internet.
• There are multiple stage productions from university-based
theater groups to major theater companies.

• The Tanghalang Pilipino and the Philippine Educational

Theater Association (PETA) annually stage memorable
productions.
 PHILIPPINE EDUCATIONAL THEATER
ASSOCIATION (PETA)

• PETA, which was founded in 1967 by Cecile

Guidote-Alvarez, advocates the use of Filipino
theater in inspiring change and development in
society. PETA is composed of dedicated “artists-
teacher-cultural workers” who strive for artistic
excellence. PETA volunteers work to promote the
transformative power of theater through its
production of performances and workshops. PETA
celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2017.
 PLAYS

▪ Tanikalang Ginto (Golden Chain) – Juan Abad 1902

▪ Hindi ako Patay (I am not dead) – Juan Matapang 1903
▪ Kahapon, Ngayon at Bukas (Yesterday, Today and
Tomorrow) – Aurelio Tolentino 1903
▪ A Modern Filipina – Lino Castillo & Jesusa Araullo 1915 (first
Filipino play written in English)
 FABIAN DELA ROSE
Don Fabian Cueto de la Rosa
VISUAL ARTS (May 5, 1869 – December 14, 1937)
“master of genre”

EL KUNDIMAN OIL CANVAS 1930 PLANTING RICE OIL CANVAS 1921

 FERNANDO AMORSOLO
(May 30, 1892– April 24, 1972)
VISUAL ARTS First National Artist in Painting 1972
“Grand Old Man of Philippine Art”

MAN WITH COCKEREL OIL CANVAS 1939 TINIKLING OIL CANVAS 1957
 CARLOS “BOTONG” FRANCISCO
(November 4, 1912– March 31, 1969)
VISUAL ARTS most distinguished practitioner
of mural painting

BAYANIHAN MURAL 1962 PISTA SA ANGONO 1969

 FERNANDO ZOBEL
(August 27, 1924– June 2, 1984)
VISUAL ARTS Abstract Expressionism, Modernism

NOCHE CLARA 1960 SAETA 36 1957

 the Artist and the Contemporary Arts

ROLES OF CONTEMPORARY FILIPINO ARTIST

According to esteemed critic and scholar
• Dr. Nicanor Tiongson, there is a vital role played by contemporary
artists in “creating art that will contribute to social change by
enlightening viewers and audiences about the nature and causes of
the problems they face as Filipinos today.”

• Dr. Tiongson challenges the artist to create art that has social and
political relevance, a kind of art that will contribute to an awareness
of present realities and conditions of society.

• It is with this “enlightenment” that gives the artists responsibility in

their craft.
 “Art speaks where words are unable to explain”

• Give your insights from the above statement.

• Minimum of 50 words.
 Choose ONE form of art and explain your concept.

• Make a 10 line TANAGA Poem (any topic)

• Choose ONE of your favorite Drama Actor/Actress
and imitate at least TWO of his or her MOST
MEMORABLE LINE (minimum of 30 seconds).
*emotions and facial expression.
• Create an ABSTRACT ART (any topic)