Contemporary

Philippine Arts
from the Regions
Grade 12-STEM (8:00-9:00)
At the end of the lesson, you
are expected to:
– Define term “contemporary art” in art historical,
cultural and stylistic terms;
– Explain the difference between contemporary art and
modern art in the context of the Philippines’ various
histories, cultures, and identities; and
– Demonstrate the major characteristics of contemporar
art through an artwork that would require teamwork
and collaboration.
 HISTORICAL OVERVIEW: PHILIPPINE ART
Form Pre-Conquest Spanish Period
Pottery; body adornment, Religious (icon and
ornament (Figure A) eccleasiastical), secular
(portraiture)
(Figure B)
Pottery; carving and Santos, Furniture,altar
woodwork,metalwork and pieces, jewelry,
expression (Figure C) metalwork,pieta,
ornnamentation
(Figure D)
Dwellings and houses, Church,plaza complex,
shelters, worship areas, town planning,
official residences, fortification, civic
mosque (Figure E) buildings and installtions,
private residences,
commercial structures,
cemeteries, bridges,
American Period
Landscape, portraiture,
genre,interior, still life
Free standing,relief,
public
City planning parks,
waterfronts, civic/gov’t.,
structures, public works,
apartments, residences,
offices, health and
public, education,
business chalet
 HISTORICAL OVERVIEW: PHILIPPINE ART
Form Japanese Postwar Republic 70’s Contemporary
`
Wartime scene
(aggression,nationalism, Modern conservative, Figurative, non-
symbolic protest, abstract, experimental, figurative, art for art
aspiration for peace) public art sake, multimedia, mixed
media, transmedia
Propaganda

Indigenizing and
orientilizing works, genre

Real estate, safe housing, accessories, tenements,

Public works squatters, convention arch, commercial/business,
condos, malls, subdivisions, development, low cost
housing
 https://filipiknow.net/archaeological-discoveries-
FIGURE A
https://www.esquiremag.ph/long-reads/features/visayan-
in-the-philippines/ culture-a2212-20200303-lfrm2
 FIGURE B

https://www.preceden.com/timelines/667691- https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/early-spanish-
history-of-philippine-art colonial-religious-306800604
FIGURE C

https://quizlet.com/258152622/contemporary-arts-flash-cards / http://gridcrosser.blogspot.com/2015/09/our-
precious-philippine-pre-colonial.html
https://tambourinejewelry.wordpress.com/tag/spanish-colonial-jewelry/ https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-sculptures-of-santos-by-the-
famous-sculptor-of-santos-zenn-pez-in-52493297.html

FIGURE D
Figure E
What is Contemporary
Art
– In terms of art history (refer to
the matrix), contemporary art
can be defined as art produced
by artists living today.
The picture of a man
on the stairs by Xyza
Bacani
https://r3.rappler.com/move-ph/balikbayan/84217-xyza-bacani-photos
The Contrast by
Hernando
Ocampo
https://lakansining.wordpress.com/2016/09/07/
university-of-the-philippines-quezon-city-the-
rise-of-modernism-the-u-p-vargas-museum-
collection/
The distinction between Modern
Art and Contemporary Art could
also be a matter of perception and
reception depending on the
contexts.
What are the
similarities and
differences between

https://theuijunkie.com/difference-modern-contemporary-art/
Carlos Francisco,
Magpupukot
https://httppinoyartshub.wordpress.com/
2018/01/12/magpupukot-by-carlos-v-
francisco/
Fernando
Amorsolo,
Fishing Scene
https://lakansining.wordpress.com/2016/09/03/
university-of-the-philippines-quezon-city-in-
search-of-the-filipino-identity-the-u-p-vargas-
museum-collection/02-1942-fernando-
amorsolo-fishing-scene/
Victorio Edades,
The Builders
https://louisemiraflor.wixsite.com/m
jmp/copy-of-visual-arts
Imelda Cajipe
Endaya,
Filipina DH
https://louisemiraflor.wixsite.com/m
jmp/copy-of-visual-arts
 STYLISTIC OVERVIEW: PHILIPPINE ART
Form Pre-Conquest Spanish Period American Period

Religious, Classical, idyllic,

Religious devotional, nostalgic
secular formal,
(animist or Naturalistic
islamic), (homegrown,
Community- miniaturismo
based inter- guild)Academic
ethnic relations, Worship-related Neoclassic art deco
Collective and residential, (Juan Arellano, Juan
Nakpil, Pablo
history Earthquake
Antonio) Art
(Figure F) baroque Nouveau, California
Hispanic Mission Style
 STYLISTIC OVERVIEW: PHILIPPINE ART
Form Modern Postmodern/Contemporary

Incipient triumvirate, abstract, Collaborative, hyper-realist, new

neorealist, expressionist painting

Junk/ scrap, duchampian, arte

Abstract Expressionism covera, neo-indigenous, site-
specific, performance art, hybrid

International, industrializing, Filipino architecture, urban

eclectic (from broad and planning, economic zone,
diverse range of sources) neovernacular,regionalist, prefab
(made beforehand), cosmopolitan
(having wide international
Figure F
https://slideplayer.com/slide/1344
4093/
 CULTURAL OVERVIEW
FORM Indigenous Islamic Folk or Fine or Popular or
Southeast Philippine lowland world- urban and
Asian Muslim based mass based
(Figure G)

Colonial Museum- Mass

Ritual and and post- circulated, produced,
artist Market
governance colonial
centered oriented
(Figure I)
(Figure H) gallery-
distributed
Figure G
https://travelauthenticphili
ppines.com/architecture-
and-heritage-tours/
Figure H
https://www.silent-
gardens.com/culture.ph
p
Figure I
https://www.usphsociety.org/2018/06/18/appreciati
ng-philippine-culture-and-the-arts-in-washington-d-
c/
What are the
general
characteristics of
Contemporary Art?
– A lot of contemporary art may be
collaborative/participative, interactive and process-
oriented, meaning that there is less emphasis on the
finished product and a single “author” or creator.
– There is a wide range of strategies, media, and
techniques under the term “Contemporary Art”.
– Contemporary Art is distinguishable
from Modern Art in historical, stylistic,
and cultural terms.
– The most common characteristics of
Contemporary Art revolve around their
being site-specific, process-
based,collaborative, and interactive.
– There are also artists who use a mixture
of contemporary, indigenous, islamic,
popular and traditional art forms, media
and content.
- The mixing and combining of elements
make us understand our own culture
—itself a mix of many different
cultures and histories.
- Contemporary Art is never fixed, but
open to many possibilities.