LESSON 3

THE CONTEXTS OF ART

WHAT IS
CONTEXT?
Context refers to settings, conditions,
circumstances, and occurrences
affecting production and reception or
audience response to an artwork .
ARTIST’S
BACKGROUND

A.
The artist’s age, gender, culture,
economic conditions, social
environment and disposition
affecting art production
CUTTING ONIONS ALWAYS
MAKES ME CRY BY: JULIE LLUCH
Julie Lluch artist who hails from Iligan City often
emphasize her female identity and personal experiences in
her works.
“Cutting onion always makes me cry” presents a woman
who is oppressive and unpleasant while cooking
 ?
There are art works that are made
in collaboration with carpenters,
woodcarvers and weavers. Why is
that so?
NATURE

B.
Nature can be seen as a source of
inspiration and a wellspring of
materials for art production.
ARTISTS WHO RELY THEIR
WORK ON NATURE
NELFA QUERUBIN-
TOMPKINS
Julie Lluch artist who hails from Iligan
City often emphasize her female identity
and personal experiences in her works.
“Cutting onion always makes me cry”
presents a woman who is oppressive and
unpleasant while cooking
 JUNYEE or LUIS YEE JR
Junyee’s work on “Angud, a
Forest Once” who was posed
as commentary on abuse of
nature

It involves 10,000 pieces of gathered tree stamps to

recreate a deforested landscape.

ARTISTS WHO RELY THEIR

WORK ON NATURE
ARTISTS WHO RELY THEIR
WORK ON NATURE
The modernist painter Purunggan
depicted nature as uncontrollable
force in “Toilers of the Sea”.
The thick turquoise brushwork
suggest the rough rolling of the
waves threatening to engulf
anything that comes its way
RICARTE
PURUNGGAN
 EVERYDAY LIFE

C.
Philippine traditional art has always been part
of daily life. Because traditional forms may also
engage in daily private situation , it is
experience more intimately
PABALAT
Changes in landscape innovations
in technology , and the popular
types of media have dramatically
influenced our relation and the
way we lived
Artist working in contemporary
idioms have been drawn to
scenes, object and issues in every
day life
SANDATA NI
SHIVA
SIRLO SALVADOR

The work of Cavite-based

Salvador fuses easily accessible
objects like machine discards,
bicycle parts, and kitchen
implements to form an
assemblage.
 SOCIETY, POLITICS,
AND ECONOMIC AND

D.
HISTORY
Changes in the society, politics, and economy
affect artists, the work that they do, and the
structures that support their productions.
DALAGANG
BUKID
ILAGAN AND IGNACIO

The first ever film to be directed

by a Filipino.

Directed by Nepomucemo where

the technology sound in the
movie was not yet developed.
BROWN BROS.
BURDEN
BENEDICTO CABRERA

The painting of national artist

approximates the look of an old
photograph which presents an
aspect of colonial history from
the gaze of the colonized.
APPROPRIATION
Technique of transforming existing materials
through the juxtaposition of elements taken
from one context and placing these in
another to present an alternative meanings,
structure, and composition.
 MODE OF
RECEPTION

E.
There is an importance to note when where
and how art is encountered.
Art is encountered via the museum; arranged
and categorized for the purpose of education
and leisure
INSTALLATION
SHOT EXHIBIT
IFUGAO RED

GASTON DAMAG

Gaston Damag’s striking

appropriation of bulul makes us
rethink how culture
representations and methods of
display shape are consciousness
POLETEISMO
MIDEO CRUZ

Rose to national prominence or

notoriety at an exhibit entitled
Kulo or boiled at the CCP.
His installation featured
sculpture of Christ with a Phallus
on his nose, shocked a vocal
segment of the Filipino public.