CONTEMPORARY

ART FORMS
VISUAL ART
 COLLAGE
• The method of combining printed images
with another flat media and pasted o a
canvas or board.
• Creates a great variety of texture and
color not found in traditional painting.
COLLAGE
 ASSEMBLAGE

• A term used by French artist Jean

Dubuffet in 1952 to describe a series
of artworks made from paper collages,
wood scraps, and other found objects.
ASSEMBLAGE
 MOBILE
• A sculptural work that is suspended from the
ceiling or a protruding base.
• It is typically made with a number of balancing
rods dangling in different lengths carrying one
or more elements.
• Pioneered by the American Artist Alexander
Calder.
MOBILE
 PERFORMANCE ART
• Mix of visual arts and performing arts,
• The medium used in performance art is
the artist himself and the artwork is the
acting and the movements of the artist.
• Music and sound are often incorporated
in the performance.
PERFORMANCE ART
 INSTALLATION ART
• Is a form of contemporary art that involves the
arrangement of objects in a given space.
• It incorporates different materials that may
include traditional sculptural materials such as
wood, metal and different objects as well as
technology based mediums such as light,
sounds, videos and digital media among
many others
 INSTALLATION ART
• Often takes into consideration the viewers
of the art to move around the work and
immerse themselves within the art.
• Leeroy New- an artist from General
Santos City who gained recognition for
his installation art “Bakawan Floating
Island Project”
INSTALLATION ART
 PASTICHE

• A pastiche is any work of art that

imitates the style of another artist
or artists. Pastiches are not meant
to ridicule the original style in the
way that a parody does; instead, a
pastiche respects the original
style and often pays some
homage to it.
PASTICHE
CONTEMPORARY ART FORMS

• Collage
• Assemblage
• Mobile
• Performance Art
• Installation Art
• Pastiche Art
MUSIC
 MUSIC
• No celebration is complete without karaoke or
videoke machine.
• Product of our indigenous traditions and the
colonial influences,
• Before the arrival of the Spaniards, the types of
indigenous music found in the country were
instrumental and vocal (flutes, shell trumpets,
drums and gongs)
EXAMPLES OF MUSICAL FORMS

• Kundiman and Harana

• Ballad
• Chamber Music
• Choral Music
• Liturgical Music
• Opera
• Pop Music
• Protest Songs
 KUNDIMAN
• A musical form that is a product of Spanish
colonization.
• An art song that signifies love and affection
for someone.
• It can be about love or patriotism.
• Lyrics are made of old and archaic Tagalog.
 KUNDIMAN
• The melody is often smooth, flowing and gentle
rhythm.
examples:
Nicador Abelardo’s “Nasaan Ka Irog?” (1893-1934)
Dr. Francis Santiago’s “Pakiusap” (1889-1947)
 HARANA
• Another Spanish-influenced musical form.
• A traditional courtship ritual in the Philippines
wherein a suitor serenades his object of affection.
• Traditional harana also uses deep Tagalog words
and is used to implore the girl to listen or give
attention such as “Dungawin Mo Hirang”and “O
Ilaw”
 KUNDIMAN AND HARANA
• The harana is always performed by a man
while the kundiman can be performed by
both genders.
 BALLAD
• Traditionally a song that narrates an event in a
community.
• The styles varies from region to region and from
one ethnic tribe to another.
Examples:
Idangdang of Bukidnon
Liyangkit parang sabil of the Tausug
Composo of the Hiligaynon
 BALLAD
• The term ballad is a term applied to describe
love songs, and a balladeer is an artist whose
set of songs are primarily romantic songs.
• Notable Filipino contemporary ballad
composers are; Ernani Cuenco (1936-1988),
Jose Mari Chan (1945) Regine Velasquez-
Alcasid (1970) , Sara Geronimo (1988) and
Jed Madela (1972)
 CHAMBER MUSIC
• A form of instrumental music composed
by a small ensemble wherein each part is
played by one player as opposed to an
orchestra where a part is performed by a
group of musicians.
• Pioneered by Nicanor Abelardo and Dr.
Francisco Santiago
CHAMBER MUSIC
 CHORAL MUSIC
• A musical composition intended to performed
by a group of singers called a choir.
• The choir is arranged according to voice
categories such as soprano, alto, tenor and
bass.
• The Madrigal Singers or the Madz of the
University of the Philippines is one of the well
known choral choir.
CHORAL MUSIC
 LITURGICAL MUSIC
• Are songs intended for Christian church
services.
• Some artist who have adapted liturgical music
are: Francisco F. Feliciano- National Artist
(1941-2014) “Mass of Saint Andrew” Ryan
Cayabyab (1954) “Misa” and the praise and
gospel songs of Gary Valenciano (1964)
 OPERA
• A combination of both music and theater.
• Sung drama entails collaborative efforts
of singers, dancers, composers,
chorographers, etc.
• Introduced in the Philippines in the
middle of 1800s
 POP MUSIC
• Used to describe music that is readily available
on the broad populace.
• An umbrella term that encompasses a
multitude of different genres such as; RnB,
Rap, Rock, etc.
• Many of popular music in the Philippines are
Western imports
 POP MUSIC
• Early Filipino Pop were Fred Panopio’s “O!
Ang mga Babae!” and Yoyoy Villame’s
“Mag-exercise Tayo Tuwing Umaga”
• Early Filipino Rock “Ang Himig Natin” by
Juan Dela Cruz Band and Mike Hanopol
• Apo Hiking Society “Mahirap Talagang
Magmahal ng Syota ng Iba”
• Folk musicians includes: Freddie Aguilar,
Noel Cabangon
 POP MUSIC
• Rap Music became popular in the country in
the late1980s. Pioneers are Francis Magalona
(1964-2009) “Mga Kababayan Ko” and
Andrew E. “Humanap Ka ng Pangit”
 PROTEST SONGS
• Are songs that bring to light injustices and
inequality in society.
• These seek to inspire nationalism and heroism
from their listeners.
• These can come in many musical forms and
genre such as kundiman as “Bayan Ko”
(1928) that was collaborated by Jose
Corazon de Jesus (lyrics) and Constancio
De Guzman (music)