Modern Art Integrative Interactive

Neo-Realism Process-Based Installation

CONTEMPORARY ART

Social Realism Site-Specific Mixed Media

Neoclassic Collaborative Performance Art

 Characteristics of Contemporary Arts
1. The use of bold strokes and bright colors (Victorio Edades)
2. The influence of Western artist (Carlos “Botong” Francisco)
Art Style:
 Abstractionism
 Expressionism
 Surrealism
3. Experimentation in forms (Romeo Tabuena)
4. The use of geometric figures (Hernando Ocampo)
5. Cubism ( Vicente Manansala and Cesar Legaspi)
Victorio Edades, the so-called
"Father of Modern Art in the Philippines"
and named National Artist in 1976.
Great works:
1.The Builders
2.The Sketch
3.Poinsettia Girl
4.The Wrestlers
5.Portrait Of A Professor
6.Japanese Girl
7.The Artist And The Model
8.The Picnic
9.Mother And Daughter
10.In The Market
The Builders
The Sketch, 1928
 Characteristics of Contemporary Arts
1. The use of bold strokes and bright colors (Victorio Edades)
2. The influence of Western artist (Carlos “Botong” Francisco)
Art Style:
 Abstractionism
 Expressionism
 Surrealism
3. Experimentation in forms (Romeo Tabuena)
4. The use of geometric figures (Hernando Ocampo)
5. Cubism ( Vicente Manansala and Cesar Legaspi)
 ABSTRACTIONISM

non-objective art
non-figurative
non-representational
geometric abstraction
concrete art
www.visual-arts-cork.com/abstract-art.htm

Harmony Squares With Concentric Rings (1913)

By Wassily Kandinsky, a pioneer of Non-Objective art.
 Characteristics of Contemporary Arts
1. The use of bold strokes and bright colors (Victorio Edades)
2. The influence of Western artist (Carlos “Botong” Francisco)
Art Style:
 Abstractionism
 Expressionism
 Surrealism
3. Experimentation in forms (Romeo Tabuena)
4. The use of geometric figures (Hernando Ocampo)
5. Cubism ( Vicente Manansala and Cesar Legaspi)
 EXPRESSIONISM

An art movement in the 20th

century that originated in
Germany.

The Scream
Painting by Edvard Munch, 1893
 Characteristics of Contemporary Arts
1. The use of bold strokes and bright colors (Victorio Edades)
2. The influence of Western artist (Carlos “Botong” Francisco)
Art Style:
 Abstractionism
 Expressionism
 Surrealism
3. Experimentation in forms (Romeo Tabuena)
4. The use of geometric figures (Hernando Ocampo)
5. Cubism ( Vicente Manansala and Cesar Legaspi)
 SURREALISM

Expressing imaginative dreams

and visions free from conscious
rational control.

www.dictionary.com/browse/surrealism

The Persistence of Memory

Painting by Salvador Dali, 1931
 Characteristics of Contemporary Arts
1. The use of bold strokes and bright colors (Victorio Edades)
2. The influence of Western artist (Carlos “Botong” Francisco)
Art Style:
 Abstractionism
 Expressionism
 Surrealism
3. Experimentation in forms (Romeo Tabuena)
4. The use of geometric figures (Hernando Ocampo)
5. Cubism ( Vicente Manansala and Cesar Legaspi)
 Carlos “Botong” Francisco
A mural painter from Angono,
Famous works:
Rizal.
1.Bayanihan Sa Bukid
2.Magpupukot
3.The Martyrdom Of Rizal
4.Portrait Of Purita
5.The Invasion Of Limahong
6.Bayanihan
7.First Mass At Limasawa
8.Blood Compact
9.Sandugo
10. Fiesta
MAGPUPUKOT
First Mass At Limasawa
BAYANIHAN
 Characteristics of Contemporary Arts
1. The use of bold strokes and bright colors (Victorio Edades)
2. The influence of Western artist (Carlos “Botong” Francisco)
Art Style:
 Abstractionism
 Expressionism
 Surrealism
3. Experimentation in forms (Romeo Tabuena)
4. The use of geometric figures (Hernando Ocampo)
5. Cubism ( Vicente Manansala and Cesar Legaspi)
 ROMEO TABUENA
A painter, born in Iloilo
Studied architecture at the Mapua Institute of Technology, fine arts
course, majoring in painting, at the University of the Philippines.
He "further elevated the status of Philippine painting in the world of
contemporary art".

THE CARABAO
Balloon Vendor, Romeo
Tabuena
 Characteristics of Contemporary Arts
1. The use of bold strokes and bright colors (Victorio Edades)
2. The influence of Western artist (Carlos “Botong” Francisco)
Art Style:
 Abstractionism
 Expressionism
 Surrealism
3. Experimentation in forms (Romeo Tabuena)
4. The use of geometric figures (Hernando Ocampo)
5. Cubism ( Vicente Manansala and Cesar Legaspi)
 HERNANDO R. OCAMPO
was a Filipino National Artist in the visual arts. He is also fictionist, a
playwright and editor.

INA AT ANAK

THE CARABAO
 Characteristics of Contemporary Arts
1. The use of bold strokes and bright colors (Victorio Edades)
2. The influence of Western artist (Carlos “Botong” Francisco)
Art Style:
 Abstractionism
 Expressionism
 Surrealism
3. Experimentation in forms (Romeo Tabuena)
4. The use of geometric figures (Hernando Ocampo)
5. Cubism ( Vicente Manansala and Cesar Legaspi)
 CUBISM

Cubism was one of the most

influential visual art styles of the
early twentieth century. It was
created by. Pablo Picasso

www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/cube/hd_cube.htm

Picasso The Weeping Woman

 VICENTE MANANSALA

A Filipino cubist painter and illustrator from Macabebe, Pampanga.

Famous works:
1.Madonna of the Slums 1950
2.Luksong-Tinik (Jumping over Thorns) 1973
3.The Bird Seller 1976
4.Candle Vendors 1976
5.Market Vendors 1949
6.Ang Magbabayo (Pounding Rice) 1979
7.Philippines Mother and Child 1965
8.Planting Rice 1967
9.Madonna and Child 1966
10.Man, Girl and Cock 1953
11.Untitled (Landscape) 1966
12.Mother and Child 1981
13.Still Life 1957
 Ang Magbabayo (Pounding Rice)

Madonna of the Slums

 CESAR LEGASPI
National Artist for Visual Arts (1990)
A pioneer “Neo-Realist” of the country

Famous works:
1.Morning Dance
2.Tree Planting
3.Blue Nude
4.Larasati
5.Man And Woman
6.Nude
7.Gadgets
8.The Scene
9.Reclining Nude
10.Abstract
Man and Woman

Gadgets
 Other Characteristics of Contemporary Arts
1. Contemporary art is not confined to the museum.
2. Contemporary artist are self-taught and did not have formal
education
3. Contemporary artist who employ the help of fabricators,
carpenters, electricians or welders in “constructing” their
artworks.
4. Originality is not an “issue” in contemporary art.

What is essential to contemporary artist is the

process of art making.
 CONTEMPORARY ART is a
statement that an artist makes about life,
thoughts, ideas, beliefs, and many other
things that define human life.