Lesson 1

The contemporary
arts
The characteristics of contemporary
art
This lesson will enable you to:
Describe the beginnings of the contemporary art in the
Philippines;
Discuss the characteristics of contemporary art; and
Explain the importance of process in contemporary art-making
contemporary Arts
Art produced at the present period in time, includes and develops
from postmodern art, which is itself a successor to Modern art.
Art made and produced by artist living today.
Statement that an artist makes about life, thoughts, ideas, beliefs, and
many other things that define human life. Simultaneously reflects the
realities and values of our society, its variety portrays the mosaic of our
cultural diversity is culture.
Contemporary art is the art of today, produced by artists who are
living in the
contemporary Arts
to illustrate THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE NEW ART TREND, WE
DESCRIBE A SCENE FROM THE CRITICALLY-ACCLAIMED MOVIE
HENERAL LUNA (2015) DIRECTED BY JERROLD TAROG AND
PRODUCED BY ARTIKULO UNO PRODUCTIONS.
IN HIS SPEECH ABOUT THE SPOLARIUM, JOSE RIZAL SAID, IT
“EMBODIED THE ESSENCE OF OUR SOCIAL, MORAL, AND
POLITICAL LIFE: HUMANITY IN SEVERE ORDEAL, HUMANITY
UNREDEEMED, REASON AND IDEALISM IN OPEN STRUGGLE WITH
PREJUDICE, FANATICISM AND INJUSTICE” (GUERRERO 1974).
THE CHARACTERISTICS OF contemporary Art
SINCE THE 1950’S, ARTISTS HAVE EXPERIMENTED ON A

VARIETY OF TECHNIQUES AND DIFFERENT WAYS OF
EXPRESSING THEIR EMOTIONS, PERCEPTIONS,
CONVICTIONS, IDEAS, IDEOLOGY, AND OTHER THINGS
THAT COULD BE EXPRESSED THROUGH ART.
SOME OF THE FAMOUS ONES ARE ABSTRACT
EXPRESSIONISM, KINETIC ART, OP ART, PERFORMANCE
ART, ENVIRONMENTAL ART, FEMINIST ART,
POSTMINIMALISM, VIDEO ART, GRAFFITI ART,
POSTMODERN ART, BODY ART, AND DIGITAL ART.
TIMELINE OF PHILIPPINE ARTS
SOME OF THE contemporary Artists IN THE PHILIPPINES
VICTORIO EDADES
CARLOS “BOTONG” GALO OCAMPO
 FIRST TO BREAK THE FRANCISCO
 THE EARLY MODERN AND
RULES OF ART
CONTREMPORARY ARTISTS
 NOT SHOW NATURAL WERE INFLUENCED BY
FORMS NOR PERSPECTIVE WESTERN ARTISTS.
AND USED BOLD STROKES ABSTRACTION,
ROMEO TABUENA
carabao
 HIS PAINTING, THE HEAVY BLACK
CARABAO IS SHOWN STANDING ON A drummer
THIN LEGS THAT DISAPPEAR IN A FLAT
HERNANDO Harvest festival

OCAMPO
 USED GEOMETRIC FORMS IN STRONG Slam dwellers
RED COLORS OVERLAPPING WITH
SHADES OF YELLOW TO BROWN.
VICENTE MANANSALA
Candle vendors The bird seller
PAINTED IN ABSTRACT CUBISM HIS HUMAN FORMS ENGAGED
IN GENRE SUCH AS THOSE IN HIS MARKET SCENES.
CESAR LEGASPI
The beggars workers
 USED HIS ART AS A COMMENTARY TO THE STATE OF HARD LABOR IN THE PHILIPPINES.
 HE EMPLOYED TRANSPARENT CUBISM WITH A LOT OF FLOWING LINES THAT GIVE
MOVEMENT TO HIS HUMAN FORMS.
THE CHARACTERISTICS OF
contemporary Art
CONTEMPORARY ART IS NOT only
CONFINED TO THE MUSEUM. THEY ARE
ALSO FOUND IN GALLERIES, ART
SCHOOLS, SIDE STREETS, AND PUBLIC
SPACES LIKE THE TRAIN OR BUS
STATIONS, SHOPPING CENTERS, OR PARKS.
THE PRACTICE OF SELLING PAINTINGS
HAS ALSO CHANGED IN CONTEMPORARY
ART. FOR EXAMPLE, MANY INSTALLATION
ARTWORKS ARE INTENDED FOR DISPLAY
ONLY IN A PARTICULAR SETTING AND FOR
PERFORMANCE ART OF CAGAYAN DE ORO ARTIST NICOLAS ACA
A GIVEN SPAN OF TIME. THEN THEY ARE
DECONSTRACTED AND CANNOT BE
REPEATED NOR SOLD. MANY ARTWORKS
ARE POSTED ONLINE.
contemporary Art
MANY CONTEMPORARY ARTIST ARE
SELF-TAUGHT AND DID NOT HAVE FORMAL
EDUCATION. ACCESS TO DIFFERENT KINDS
OF MATERIALS THAT WERE ORIGINALLY
USED ONLY FOR CONSTRUCTION, HAS
EXPAND THE CHOICE OF ARTISTS.
CEBU ARTIST MONA ALCUDIA USES
PAPER TO PRODUCE SOLID FORMS. THE
PROBLEM OF WEIGHT IS SOLVED BY THE
USE OF TECHNOLOGY, WHICH HAS GIVEN
MONA ALCUDIA. PAPER BOWL TABLEWARE.
ARTISTS ENOUGH FLEXIBILITY AND
DETAILS OF BOWL MADE OF ROLLED
LIBERTY TO COMBINE ART MATERIALS PAPER BEADS
WITH FOUND OBJECTS.
contemporary Art
IN ARCHITECTURE, DIFFERENT
SHAPES AND FORMS HAVE
EMERGED AS A RESULT OF THE
USE OF DIFFERENT MATERIALS.
THE SHAPE IS UNUSUAL,
ESPECIALLY IN TROPICAL
PHILIPPINES BUT SINCE THE
STRUCTURES ARE NOT TOO BIG,
GOOD AIR CONDITIONING CAN
IMPROVE THE ROOM
TEMPERATURE. REGION 4A. QUEZON PROVINC
PUEBLO POR LA PLAYA.
contemporary Art
ORIGINALITY IS NOT AN ISSUE IN
CONTEMPORARY ART. AN ARTIST CAN
GET ANOTHER ARTIST’S WORK AND
ADD TO IT, REDESIGN OR INTERPRET
IT USING OTHER MATERIALS.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE PORTRAIT OF
MARILYN MONROE HAS BEEN
INTERPRETED BY BOHOL ARTIST
GEOVANNI ABING WHO USED
COLORFUL PAPERS TO MAKE A
COLLAGE PORTRAIT OF MONROE.
IN PAETE, LAGUNA, THERE ARE
NUMEROUS WOOD SCULPTURES OF
THE FAMOUS MONROE IN HER WHITE
DRESS BEING BLOWN BY THE WIND.
THE SAME FIGURE IS MASS PRODUCED
USING FIBERGLASS AND RESIN.
Thank you and
bravo baste!

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HERNANDO Harvest festival

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