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Contemporary Philippine
Arts from the Region
Module 2: Contemporary art and
it’s Elements and Principles
 At the end of the module you can:
✘ Define contemporary art
✘ Explain the elements and principles of contemporary art
✘ Classify contemporary art forms based on elements and principles

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 Contemporary art

Contemporary art
art
modern, current and latest anything that a person
produces to express himself

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 “An art made
and produced by
artists living
today”
-J. Paul Getty Museum

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Because art is produced by people and we
are influenced by time, contemporary art is
a continuing practice that has evolved with
the following new elements or principles:

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ELEMENTS AND PRINCIPLES OF
CONTEMPORARY ARTS
✘Appropriation
✘Performance
✘Space
✘Hybridity
✘Technology
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 Monalisa
By Leonardo da Vinci
 Appropriation
When you see T-shirts with the image of Jose Rizal wearing
shades or the walls of Intramuros in canvas bags, existing
artworks are “appropriated”. The use of these prints, images and
icons to produce another art form is a feature of contemporary art
that combines the past with the present. By appropriation, the
contemporary artist revives interest to existing forms of arts.

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 Girl With The Pearl Earring
By Johannes Vermeer’s

Original Appropriated
 Performance
Performance of contemporary artist has evolved to
“emphasize” spontaneous, unpredictable elements of
chance,” according to the Walker Art Center.
Performance artists have tried to interpret various
human activities, from ordinary activities such as
chores, routines, and rituals, to socially relevant theme
as poverty, commercialism, and war.

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Movement
 Space
How art transforms a space is now an occupation of
contemporary artists. Have you encountered a flash
mob or sculpture installations in malls and parks?
These are examples of site-specific art forms wherein
the art form is performed and positioned in specific
spots, especially in public places.

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Sculpture installations
3D Paintings
 Hybridity
Contemporary artists are now as innovative as ever.
In traditional painting, only a few materials are of
conventional use. Hybridity in contemporary art is the
mixing of unlikely materials to produce an artwork.

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Painting using coffee Sculpting using crayons
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 Technology
Technology is a reality in the present-day world, and
contemporary artists have used technology in the
creation and dissemination of works of art. When MTV
first went into the airwaves in 1981, video became part of
the human interactions.

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 Technology
The video phenomenon was further pushed by the debut
of YouTube that allowed everyone with Internet
connections to post and share videos. Contemporary
artists have used video and the Internet as a way of
propagating art.

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Philippine Madrigal singers
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3d Printing
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 Contemporary art
✘Is refers to all artworks created
by artists that are living today and
are very representative of our
times.

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✘Art in contemporary times has evolved into
being appropriated into another artwork,
performed with a deeper understanding of
life, created using varied resources, and
propagated with technology.

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Activity #2
1. Is “appropriation” still acceptable?
2. 2. Do you think that the
preexisting artwork used in
appropriation is defaced or
devalued? Explain your answer in
5-10 sentences.

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Thank you!

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