CONTEMPORARY PHILIPPINE ARTS FROM THE REGIONS

Art – expression of one’s feeling

Contemporary art - is the art of today, produced by artists who are living in the 21st century.

7 MAJOR CONTEMPORARY ART

1. Music – art form that appeals to the sense of hearing, composed by combining notes into harmony

2. Literature – art form of language through the combined use of words, creating meaning and
experience

3. Theater – art form of performance

4. Film – a technological translation of theatre, special effects are utilized to enhance the story telling

5. Dance – art of the human form, body is used mobilized and choreographed in a specific time form and
space

6. Architecture, design and allied arts – structure that meant to be used as shelter, its art relies on the
design and purpose of the structure

7. Visual arts – artwork, such as painting, photography or sculpture, that appeals primarily to the visual
sense and typically exists in permanent form

VARIOUS CONTEMPORARY ART FORM

1. PRACTICAL ART – this art is intended for practical for practical use or utility. It is the changing of raw
materials for utilitarian purposes. However, they must possess ornaments or artistic qualities to make them
useful and beautiful
2. INDUSTRIAL ARTS – it is the changing of raw materials into some significant products for human are shell
craft, bamboo crafts, leather craft, pottery making, sheet – metal work and manufacture of automobiles,
home appliances and televisions set.
3. APPLIED / HOUSEHOLD ART – it refers mostly to household arts such as flower arrangement, interior
decoration, dress making, home – making, embroidery, cooking and others.
4. CIVIC ART – this art includes city or town planning, maintenance, and beautification of parks. This refers to
beautification to improve the standards of living.
5. COMMERCIAL ART – it involves business propaganda in the form of advertisements in newspapers and
magazines, sign painting, billboard and announcements, leaflets, displays, poster designing, movie
illustrations and many more.
6. GRAPHIC ART – it is anything printed from raised or sunken reliefs and plane surfaces
7. AGRICULTURAL ART. (crop production), horticulture (garden or orchard cultivation), husbandry (raising of
cows, carabaos, poultry and swine) and farming.
8. BUSINESS ART – this includes merchandising, accounting, bookkeeping. typewriting, stenography,
salesmanship, and business administration.
9. FISHERY ART It includes shallow and deep-sea fishing, fish refrigeration and culture, net weaving.
10. MEDICAL/CLINICAL ART – it includes first aid treatments, medical manufacturing, surgery, medical
operation, rehabilitations and other
PRE-COLONIAL - pre triumph

PANGALAY DANCE (SULU) - mimetic dance of sea bird

MANDAYA KINABUA BANOG (HIGAONON, BLAAN) - imitated movements of predatory bird

TALIP DANCE (IFUGAO) - mimetic movements of wild fowls

INAMO DANCE (MATIGSALUGS) and KADALIWAS (T’BOLI)- movement of monkey

TINIKLING

FAMOUS ART WORK DURING PRE-COLONIAL

1.CARVING

‌BULUL (Cordillera) – granary God in rituals

‌HAGABI (Ifugao) – wooden bench

SANTOS SCULPTURE OF SAINTS (Laguna Pampanga) ‌

OKIR (Tausug)

(SAMAL BADJAO) SARIMANOK

MANUNGGUL JAR discovered at MANUNGGUL CAVE (Palawan)

‌2. WEAVING

Textile weaving

PIS SIYABIT (Tausug of sulu)

MALONG (Maranao of Lanao Del sur)‌

Mat and basket weaving TEPO mat (Sama of TAWI-TAWI) made of pandan leaves

OVALOID BASKET (ITBAYAT, Batanes) made of NITO

BUBO (ILOCOS region) sturdy bamboo strips use to trap fish

3. ORNAMENTATION - representation of various ethnolinguistic groups ‌wearing gold jewelry

(Upper class Tagalog)

TATTOING (Visayan) protect individual from bad spirits

ISLAMIC ERA is characterized by geometric designs

Happenings during Islamic era

1. Sultanate of sulu was established by Sayyid ABBUBKAR

2.Qura or holy text was introduced

3.building of religious school called Madrasah

4.Natives from YAKANS, Basilan, and Zamboanga were converted to Islam

5.Islamazation process in Mindanao become strong

6.Islam became the religion and as a way of life of people in Mindanao

VARIOUS LOCAL MATERIALS IN THE PHILIPPINES USE FOR ARTS

ABACA – belong to banana family

BAMBOO – is used in creating many products

BURI – extracted from matured leaves

CAPIZ SHELL – are translucent

CAPIZ – comes from the windowpane oyster

RATTAN – belongs to palm family

SEA SHELLS – used in making ornaments and house decorations

TECHNIQUES IN CNTEMPORARY ART

Technique - is a manner in which artists use to manipulate material to achieve the desired format effect

Traditional techniques

Wood Carving - any form of working wood

Molding - shaping liquid material such as clay

Pottery making - one of the longest traditions in the Philippines

Fabric weaving - a method of textile production

INABEL – Ilocano

T'NALAK- T'BOLI
Basketry techniques

COILING – combining the wrapping of a core material and a sewing process.

WICKERING – the basket-maker weaves the weft material over and under a stiff foundation or warp of
rods or bundles of fiber

PLAITING- braiding two or more strands fiber

TWINNING – two or more flexible weaving elements cross each other

Minimalism-seek to take away what is unnecessary and leaving only what is essential

Arturo luz- known artist for minimalist

Found object - where useless things was used to make an artwork

Assemblage - the technique of putting different objects together to create three-dimension art

Large scale art - creating something huge to express diverse perspectives in artwork

Father of Philippine painting – VICTORIO C. EDADES

Father of Philippine art – JUAN LUNA

Father of modern Philippine art /1st awardee of national artist award – FERNANDO AMORSOLO (1972)

What is National Artist Award – is an order bestowed by the Philippines on Filipinos who have made
significant contributions to the development of Philippine art.

What are the qualifications to be awarded as National Artist

1. Natural born Filipino Citizen at the time of nomination.

2. Artist who through the content and form of their works have contributed in building a Filipino sense of
nationhood
3. Artist who has pioneered in a mode of creative expression or style, thus earning distinction and
making an impact on succeeding generations of artist
4. Artist who has created a substantial and significant body of work
5. Artist who enjoyed broad acceptance thru the Gawad CCP para sa sining

What are the benefits of the National Artist Awardees

 Minimum cash award
 Minimum lifetime monthly stipend
 Medical and hospitalization benefits
 One time minimum cash award (deceased)
 life insurance policy
 Place of Honor
  State Funeral

Give 3 National Artist Awardees in the ff category

Visual Art Literature Sculpture

Botong Francisco Francisco Arcellana Napoleon V. Abueva

Napoleon V. Abueva Nick Joaquin Guillermo E. Tolentino

Victorio C. Edades Ryan Christoper Joson Leandro V. Locsin

Architecture Dance Music

Juan F. Nakpil Lucrecia R. Urtula Jovita Fuentes

Pablo S. Antonio Leonor 0. Goquingco Francisco F. Feliciano

Leandro V. Locsin Ramon Obusan Ramon P. Santos

Theater and Cinema

Eddie S. Romero Fernando Poe Jr. Ishmael Bernal