CONTEMPORA

RY PHILIPPINE
ARTS FROM
THE REGION
 WHAT IS CONTEMPORARY
ART?

 Contemporary art is the art of today, produced by

artists who are living in our times.
 It provides opportunities to reflect on society and
the issues that are important to us and the world.
 It is part of a cultural dialogue that concerns larger
contextual frameworks such as identity, family,
community, and nationality.
Contemporary art of the 21st
century may combine elements of
performances, paintings, sculptures,
dances, and many other media.
It draws on the movements of
modern art, including minimalism
and assemblage art, to create
dynamic pieces that aim to challenge
the viewer and spark thought.
Many contemporary artists use their
work to comment on cultural and
political issues, including race, human
rights, economic inequality, and global
conflict.
As the world continues to change and
impact human life on a larger scale, art
continues to experiment with new ways
of reaching its audience
 There are seven major
Contemporary Art Forms in
the Philippines which is
categorized in two parts.

The first part is the Contemporary Visual

Arts that includes Visual Arts, and
Architecture.
The second part is the Contemporary
Performing Arts and Literature in the
Philippines which includes Literature,
Music, Dance, Theater and Film
CONTEMPORARY
VISUAL
ARTS
Visual Arts are art forms that create
works that are primarily visual in
NATURE,
 ceramics,
 drawing,
 painting,
 sculpture,
 printmaking,
 design,
 crafts,
 photography,
 video,
 film making
 architecture
Also included within the visual arts are the
APPLIED ARTS such as
 industrial design,
graphic design,
 fashion design,
interior design
 decorative art.
basic forms
of
Visual Arts
.
 A. Painting
 is described as the process
of applying color on a flat surface.
 Forms can be created using a wide variety of
materials such as watercolor, acrylic,
ink, oil, pastel and charcoal.
 Surfaces for
painting include wood, canvas,
cardboard and paper.
 It is considered as
two-dimensional because it only has
height and width.
Spolarium. It is the most valuable oil-on-canvas
painting by Juan Luna.
Forms of Painting
 a. Easel Painting

involves applying color to a board or canvas

that is fixed on an upright support called an
easel. It is meant to be framed and hang on
a wall after creating them.
 b. Mural
is described as a huge wall-sized
painting and it is used to impart
messages to increase social
awareness
 Telon
Painting is described as a
backdrop or background for
the stage. These backdrops
are used for komedya,
sarswela and senakulo. The
telon was later reduced as a
backdrop in a photography
studio.
 Calesa
Painting is typically painted
using one color where borders
of the calesa are decorated
with geometric patterns,
repetitive patterns, and/or thin
lines. Meanwhile, Jeepney
painting evolved from calesa
painting where jeepney’s
painting is covered near the
driver’s seat, as well as near the
seats adjacent to it.
 Collage
refers to a painting that
involves combined images
in a single artwork. This
entails cutting and pasting
materials such as paper,
fabric, tin foil and other
relatively flat materials onto
a board or canvass.
Themes
of
Painting
 a. GENRE PAINTING
portrays people in daily activities.
 B. HISTORICAL PAINTING
depicts a scene from the past.
 C. INTERIORS
refer to painting of the space
inside of a part of a house or a
building and usually reveal the
social class of the family living
in the house.
.
 D. LANDSCAPES
portray natural scenery or
urban scene.
 E.PORTRAITS
are painting portraying
one or more specific
individuals.
 F. NUDES
are paintings that portray
the unclothed human
figure

Birth of Venus (La Nascita di Venere)

G. RELIGIOUS PAINTINGS
include a lone religious image,
lives of the saints, and scenes
based from the scriptures like
the nativity scene and the
station of the cross.

Painting in oil on canvas by

Carlos "Botong" Francisco
(Philippines) during the
First Mass in the Philippines Reframing Modernisim
exhibition at the National
Gallery Singapore.
 H. STILL LIFE
refers to a painting that
depicts natural or man-
made objects that form a
composition in a natural
setting.

FERNANDO CUETO AMORSOLO (The

Philippines 1892-1972)
 B. SCULPTURE
is a form of visual art that has
three dimensions: height, width and
depth. It
is created by either carving, modeling or
assembling parts together.
Pegaraw: This monument designed
and executed by National Artist for
Sculpture Napoleon Abueva drew its
inspiration from the call to arms by
then President Fidel Valdez Ramos
to the Filipino people to meet the
new millennium with courage and
optimism, fortified by a vision
termed by FVR as Philippines 2000.
The General Kinds
of Sculpture
are as follows:
 A.FREE STANDING
is a kind of sculpture that
can independently stand
in space.
 B. RELIEF
is a sculpture projected
from a flat surface.
C. ASSEMBLAGE
is formed by putting materials
together such as found
objects, pieces of paper,
spongers wood, scraps and
other materials.
 D. KINETIC SCULPTURE
is known as a sculpture in
motion because the entire
sculpture or some parts of the
sculpture are moving with the
wind or are vibrating with the
surrounding air.
 E. WELDED SCULPTURE
involves the process of
connecting sheets of
metal together by using
an acetylene or electric
torch.
 ARCHITECTURE
 is a form of art that is
considered to
be one of the most functional
branches of visual
arts.
 This involves designing the form
of a building while allowing the
building to serve its function.
 It is considered to be the “art to
inhabit.
 • A. Domestic Buildings
• refers to a dwelling that has
no more than one family
unit resident in it, and
which is used as a place of
permanent or semi-
permanent habitation.
• The most common example
of a domestic building is a
house
FORMS OF
CONTEMPORARY
ARCHITECTURE
 • A. Domestic Buildings
• refers to a dwelling that has
no more than one family
unit resident in it, and
which is used as a place of
permanent or semi-
permanent habitation.
• The most common example
of a domestic building is a
house
B. BUNGALOW
 refers to a one-story house with wide front porch
and large windows.
 It may also have terrace, which may be roofed or
not.
C. ETHNIC HOUSES
 draws inspiration mainly from the environment,
specifically, the climate, terrain, vegetation, and
fauna around it.
 It also responds to communal and social needs to
be safe from hostile and marauding tribes and to
interact with fellow human beings.
D. COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS
are places for buying and
selling goods such as market,
mall, banks, business offices,
etc.
E. GOVERNMENT BUILDING
are used for government
offices.
F. CHURCHES
are religious structures where
devotees worship their Gods such
as Roman Catholic Churches,
Aglipayan Churches, Protestant
Churches and Iglesia Ni Cristo
Churches.
G. Other Forms and Structures:
a.One and a half Story House
b.Split-Level House
c. Tsalet i. Theater
d. Kamalig
e. Masjid
f. Fort (Kuta)
g. Cemetery
h. Movie Houses
i. Theater
j. Lighthouse
k. Bridge (Tulay)
l. Public Building
 Comprehension Check 1

Directions: Read the following

statements carefully and identify what
is being described in each statement.
Write your answers in your notebook
or in your answer sheets.
_________1. It is described as the
process of applying color on a flat
surface.
_________2. It is form of painting
described as a huge wall-sized
painting.
_________3. This is a painting that
involves cutting and pasting
relatively flat materials onto a
board or canvas.
.
_________4. This visual art has
three dimensions, height, width
and depth.
_________5. This sculpture is
projected from a flat surface.
_________6. This form of sculpture
involves the process of connecting
sheets of metal together by using
an acetylene or electric torch
_________7. It is a theme of painting
portraying one or more specific individuals.
_________8. It is considered to be the “art
to inhabit.”
_________9. This refers to a one-story
house wide front porch and large windows.
_________10. This structure draws
inspiration mainly from the environment,
specifically, the climate, terrain, vegetation,
and fauna around it.