THE

CONTEXT
OF
ART
CONTEMPORARY PHILIPPINE ARTS OF THE REGIONS
What is context?

•It refers to the setting, conditions, circumstances,

and occurrences affecting creation or reception
of audience response.
• It is a set of background information that
enables the artist to formulate meaning about
works of art and hoe context affects form.
 THE
DIFFERENT CONTEXTS
O F A RT
This includes the A
R
artist’s age, gender, T B
B
A
culture, economic I A
C
C
conditions, social S K
K
T G
G
environment and ‘S R
R
disposition which O
O
U
U
affects creation N
N
D
D
Can be a source of N
inspiration and a A
well spring of T
materials for art U
R
production.
E
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Philippine V
E
traditional life has R
always been an Y
D
integral part of A
Y
daily life. L
I
F
E
Primarily economy, socio-
political structures and historical S P EC
circumstances affect the culture O O O
and ideology that directly C LI N
TI
influences the life of the artist. I O
C
Secondarily, this affects E S M
production or commercial T Y
viability of art as a practice Y
a. Patronage flourishes during the time
of economic prosperity and relatively
diminishes during periods of conflict;
S P EC
b. It can dictate which forms of O O O
practices would be popular and cause C LI N
some artist to follow the trend. TI
I O
C
c. Political structures can impose E S M
censorship laws and curtail freedom T Y
of expression;
Y
d. Bring new materials and technology
that can be used in art practices.
A term used to refer MO
DE
to the manner
R
( when, where or OF ECE
PT
how ) that an I
artwork is O
N
encountered.
 AP
The technique of PR
transforming existing OP
RR
materials through the IA
TI
transformation of its ON
elements or context’s order
to present alternative
meaning or structure.
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