The Contexts of Art Mae

THE CONTEXTS OF ART
JUNA MAE PANAGSAGAN

ROCHELLE JOY EUSEBIO
IZZY VILLANUEVA
• FAQ What is context?
Context refers to settings, conditions, circumstances, and occurrences
affecting production and reception or audience response to an artwork. It
is a set of background information that enables us to formulate meanings
about works of art and note how context affects form.
For example , in the last lesson, you learned about the bulul, an
indigenous, pre-colonial ritual object and motif in the everyday life of the
people of the cordillera region. A human-like figure made of hardwood,the
bulbul is believed to be a granary
i. What art form in your community do you identify with? Paste a photo of it
in a sheet of paper. Innterview your family/neighbors /or possible resource
persons regarding the context of form and its resonance in everyday life.
Write down your findings below the photo.
ii. What happens when an art object is given another context? Share your
photo with you group. Each one well share insights learned from his/her
assignment. Choose one submission by one of the members of the group.
Imagine that the group is a contemporary artists’collective. Select and
invent a different context for the work. Using manila paper and craft
materials, or cartolina interpret how the new context can affect the reading
of this work. Each group will be expected to explain their work in class.
iii. Post this output to your blog or notebook journal.
Watch any of the two independent films: mariquina, 2014, directed by nilo
sogueco or dukit,(2013), directed by Armando lao. How is shoemaking or
woodcarving woven into these films, narratives? What are the different
contexts that affect production? What issues can you identify in relation to
form? Write a reaction paper.
Guillermo, alice.1998.”Art and society “Humanities:Art and society

handbook, university of the Philippines College of arts and letters (CAL)
and commission on higher education and development (CHED).
Tiongson, nicanor (ed)1991. Tuklas sining, Cultur of the Philippines.

Striking appropriation of bulul makes us rethink how cultural representations
and methods of display shape our consciousness.
Reception is very much affected by our level of exposure to artforms that may
be unfamiliar or have stratling or shocking images. In 2010, Mideo Cruz rose
to national prominence or notoriety, depending on your point of view,over his
work Poleteismo at an exhibit titled kulo or boil at the CCP. His installation
which element ,shocked a vocal segment of the filipino public. This reaction
was not only incited by the imagery, but circumstances surrounding the work
also fueled the controversy. The reproductive health law was at the center of
public dicussiuns at the time;the media linked the work to the issue without
proper framing about process and meaning;and the more visible and media
savvy interpretation of the work became the dominant reading of the piece.
The attitude toward the issue and the reaction of the public are symptomatic
of many deficiencies in our art education in schools as well as in homes and
the media. Thus, instead of a sober discussion and raising of questions, the
issue degenerated into name-calling,and grandstanding.
• We can think of art not only as a document that gives us clues about the
historical conditons surrounding its production,but also as a means to re-
tell history itself. The painting of National Artist Benedicto Cabrera
titled Brown Brothers Burden, ca. 1970, approximates the look of an old
photograph which, presents an aspect of colonial history from the gaze
of the colonized.
• The said technique of transforming existing materials through the
juxtaposition of elements taken from one context and placing these in
another to present alternative meaning, structure, and composition is
called appropriation.
This technique helps present alternative meanings, structure,and
composition to an art work.
e. Mode of Reception
Aside from considering our personal indentity as a perceiver of art as well as the contexts discuseed
above, it is also important to note when,where,and how art is encountered. Most often, art is encountered
via the museum; arranged and categorized befor a public for the purpose of education and leisure.
d. Society, Politics and Economy,and History
Although art is a form of expression, we discern that throughout its history, the works are not always
created out of the artist’s full volition.
a.forest once
in 2007 was posed as commentary on the abuse of nature, it involved 10,000 pieces of gathered tree
stumps to recreate a detorested landscape.
c. Everyday life
Philippine traditional art has always been an integral part of daily life. It's significance lies not only in
it's aesthetic appearance but also in it's functionality and it's value to the community that produced it.
a. Artist's background
The artist's age, gender, culture, economic conditions social environment and diposition affect art
production.

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Guillermo, alice.1998.”Art and society “Humanities:Art and society

Tiongson, nicanor (ed)1991. Tuklas sining, Cultur of the Philippines.

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