The Introduction to Contemporary Arts

1. The Contemporary Arts Philippines and its Regions

2. Objectives • Describe the characteristics of contemporary arts • Identify the subject matter and
different styles • Explain how different materials are used in art – making • Make a contemporary
artwork

3. Contemporary Arts • A STATEMENT THAT AN ARTIST MAKES ABOUT LIFE,THOUGHTS,IDEAS,BELIEFS

AND MANY OTHER THINGS THAT DEFINE HUMAN LIFE

4. History • First, one needs to be clear about what the term contemporary art has come to mean. It is
generally defined as referring to "work created after World War II." As it's used by critics, curators, and
teachers, however, it really refers only to work that is considered avant-garde, or cutting-edge. In
particular, it means abstract work and the various postmodernist genres, from "Pop art" to "installation"
and "performance art."

5. Malliarium • A true work of art can often speak for itself and releases its true artistic meaning just by
looking at it. The Spoliarium, which is often misspelled as ‘Spolarium’ truly exceeds the given definition
of art. The Spoliarium, which was painted by Juan Luna, is considered one of the most internationally
renowned pieces of modern Filipino art. Luna submitted his painting to the Exposición Nacional de
Bellas Artes in 1884 which received a gold medal. Later on the year 1886, it was then sold to the
Diputación Provincial de Barcelona for 20,000 pesetas. The Spoliarium, which is one of the Philippines
pride, now hangs in the main gallery of the National Museum of the Philippines and is the first painting
to greet museum visitors.

6. Spoliarium Painting by Juan Luna

7. Detail of the killed gladiator in the Spoliarium

8. Juan Luna • Juan Novicio Luna (October 23, 1857 – December 7, 1899) was a Filipino painter, sculptor
and a political activist of the Philippine Revolution during the late 19th century. He became one of the
first recognized Philippine artists. • His winning the gold medal in the 1884 Madrid Exposition of Fine
Arts, along with the silver win of fellow Filipino painter Félix Resurrección Hidalgo, prompted a
celebration which was a major highlight in the memoirs of members of the Propaganda Movement, with
the fellow Ilustrados toasting to the two painters' good health and to the brotherhood between Spain
and the Philippines.

9. • Dubbed Malliarium, the collaborative work will span more than 7 meters across the CCP’s Little
Theater Lobby. As of production time, the mural’s “digital plate” has taken over one gigabyte of hard
disk space to process on a Mac G4 and Pentium 3, with 17 artists working together across varying
platforms mostly through networks. • eArt members plan out the Malliarium at the CCP Little Theater
Lobby (L-R) Mario Parial, Rosscapili, Heber Bartolome, (top) Nelson Viterbo, Ige Ramos, Fatima Lasay,
Benjie Cabangis, (bottom) Ronnie Millevo, Jose Tence Ruiz, George Cabig and Art Suarez.

10. Contemporary Arts in Dumaguete City

11. Contemporary Arts in Dumaguete City

12. The Characteristics of Contemporary Art • Many contemporary artists are self –taught and did not
have formal education. • Originality is not 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 Negros /Siquijor Artist
Daryl Cuaresma

13. Anthony FerminAnthony Fermin, who was born in Pasay and grew up in Cebu, is well known for his
Hanover, Berlin exhibits in 2000 and various exhibits in the Philippines and around the world. In 2009 he
was commissioned by a Lady German, an art enthusiast to do 25 paintings for Atmosphere Resort in
Dumaguete City. 2000 Expo Ostrich Egg Exhibit Project to help the poor African children-Hanover,
Germany, 2009: Looking for Juan in California. The Athenaeum San Diego, California USA and same work
at the Cultural Center of the Philippines CANVAS PROJECT, Manila. For Community Projects, he has done
the 2010 Art Workshop for homeless kids, Bantayan, Dumaguete City, 2005 Parfund Christmas Card
project to help the schooling of farmers children. 2005 Menoppose: Art for a cause to help the women
who are victims of prostitution and 1999 Children South Africa Art for a cause to help poor African
children.

14. Subject matter and style in Contemporary Art • Subject matter in contemporary art is not confined
to representations of human figures and landscapes. The favourite subjects in contemporary art are
children ,women or the environment, such as the late artist Muffet Villegas Flora and Fauna. • In some
artworks, the subject matter is not easily recognized, If the artwork is an experiment on technique ,the
subject matter is the technique itself.

15. Muffet Villegas • In others such as those in conceptual arts,the viewer has to engage in thinking and
exploring the meaning of the artwork. Some artworks are intended to make a statement about an issue
so the viewer is guided by a written explanation.

16. Abstract Expressionism • Abstract expressionism is a post–World War II art movement in American
painting, developed in New York in the 1940s. It was the first specifically American movement to achieve
international influence and put New York City at the center of the western art world, a role formerly
filled by Paris.

17. Kinetic Arts • Art from any medium that contains movement perceivable by the viewer or depends
on motion for its effect. Canvas paintings that extend the viewer's perspective of the artwork and
incorporate multidimensional movement are the earliest examples of kinetic art

18. Op Art • a form of abstract art that gives the illusion of movement by the precise use of pattern and
colour, or in which conflicting patterns emerge and overlap. Bridget Riley and Victor Vasarely are its
most famous exponents.

19. Performing Arts • form of art in which artists use their voices and/or their bodies, often in relation to
other objects, to convey artistic expression. It is different from visual arts, which is when artists use
paint/canvas or various materials to create physical or static art objects.

20. Environment Art • a range of artistic practices encompassing both historical approaches to nature in
art and more recent ecological and politically motivated types of works.
21. Feminist Art • The feminist art movement refers to the efforts and accomplishments of feminists
internationally to produce art that reflects women's lives and experiences, as well as to change the
foundation for the production and reception of contemporary art.

22. Minimalism • Minimalism describes movements in various forms of art and design, especially visual
art and music, where the work is set out to expose the essence, essentials or identity of a subject
through eliminating all non-essential forms, features or concepts.

23. Video Arts • Video art is an art form which relies on moving pictures in a visual and audio medium.
Video art came into existence during the late 1960s and early 1970s as new consumer video technology
became available outside corporate broadcasting. Video art can take many forms • Paul Pfeiffer, "Four
Horseman of the Apocalypse (6)," 2001.

24. Graffiti Art • One of the most radical contemporary art movements, "graffiti art" (also called "Street
Art", "Spraycan Art", "Subway Art" or "Aerosol Art") commonly refers to decorative imagery applied by
paint or other means to buildings, public transport or other property.

25. Post-modern Art

26. Body Art • Body art is art made on, with, or consisting of, the human body. The most common forms
of body art are tattoos and body piercings. Other types include scarification, branding, subdermal
implants, scalpelling, shaping (for example tight-lacing of corsets), full body tattoo and body painting.

27. Digital Art • Digital art is an artistic work or practice that uses digital technology as an essential part
of the creative or presentation process. Since the 1970s, various names have been used to describe the
process including computer art and multimedia art, and digital art is itself placed under the larger
umbrella term new media art

28. One of my eeriest photoshoot shot in the big haunted Balete Tree in Siquijor that we need to have a
shaman to ask for permission from the spirits of the tree. Eric Estampador Cabales

29. Materials used in Contemporary Arts • Contemporary Artists salvage materials that can be recycled
and made into creative forms.

30. Cottage made of Bamboo

31. Dumaguete Port Tourist Information Center

32. Skills,Techniques and Production in Contemporary Arts • Many contemporary artist do not have
formal studies in the fine arts but are self –taught. Concerned with the development of their talent and
skills in art making ,they study on their own ,interact with artists and read a lot about lives of artists and
their artworks.

33. Type of Techniques • Collage-is made by adhering flat elements such as newspaper or magazine cut-
outs, printed text ,illustrations, photographs, cloth string etc to a flat surface to create a thick layer that
is almost like a relief sculpture.

34. Decalcomania • The process of applying gouache to paper or glass then transferring a reversal of
that image onto canvas or other flat materials
35. Decoupage • Done by adhering cut-outs of paper and then coating these with one or more coats or
transparent coating of varnish. • the art or craft of decorating objects with paper cut-outs

36. Frottage • a technique in the visual arts of obtaining textural effects or images by rubbing lead,
chalk, charcoal, etc., over paper laid on a granular or relief like surface. Compare rubbing (def 2). 2. a
work of art containing shapes and textures produced by frottage.

37. Montage • the process or technique of selecting, editing, and piecing together separate sections of
film to form a continuous whole.

38. Trapunto • Trapunto, from the Italian for "to quilt," is a method of quilting that is also called "stuffed
technique." A puffy, decorative feature, trapunto utilize s at least two layers, the underside of which is
slit and padded, producing a raised surface on the quilt.

39. Digital Applications • In England, Wales and Northern Ireland, the Diploma in Digital Applications
(DiDA) is an optional information and communication technology course, usually studied by Key Stage 4
or equivalent school students. DiDA was introduced in 2005 as a creation of the Edexcel examination
board. DiDA is notable in that it consists entirely of coursework, completed on-computer; all work
relating to the DiDA course is created, stored, assessed and moderated digitally.

40. Appreciating Contemporary Arts

41. Art Gallery visited

42. Description Applied to Contemporary Arts • Subject Matter-is what you see that is depicted in the
artwork. It may be a human form where the figures are engaged in an activity, or a combination of
texture and color. • Material is what the artwork is made of.It can also be a combination of objects used
in the artwork. • Art element and principle refer to the physical qualities of the image.The artist uses
color, lines,space and other elements to create visual images.

43. "Nasa Bubong ang Balita“Anthony Fermin at Canvas Bistro Bar Gallery.

44. Thank you so much