FUNCTIONS OF CONTEMPORARY ART

 Contemporary Art for Pleasure

 Contemporary Art as Profession
 Contemporary Art as Commentary
 Contemporary Art in Spirituality
 Contemporary Art as Remembrance
 Contemporary Art for Persuasion
 Contemporary Art as Self-Expression
 Contemporary Art for Pleasure
 Contemporary Art as Profession
 Contemporary Art as Commentary
 Contemporary Art in Spirituality
 Contemporary Art as Remembrance
 Contemporary Art for Persuasion
 Contemporary Art as Self-Expression

CONTEMPORARY ART FOR PLEASURE

 Provide escape from everyday concerns and satisfy the yearning for pleasurable experiences
 We need delight, enjoyment, pleasure, and decoration in our lives to elevate our everyday
existence.

CONTEMPORARY ART AS PROFESSION

 Artists earn living through their art

Creative industries
 Refer to industries which combine the creation, production, and commercialization of creative
contents which are intangible and cultural in nature
CONTEMPORARY ART AS COMMENTARY
 Art has often been used to answer our need for information
 Artists and illustrators were our only source of information about the visual appearance of
anything
 Artists’ commentaries often include personal judgments on conditions, facts, and politics

CONTEMPORARY ART IN SPIRITUALITY

 •Artists may create art to express spiritual beliefs about the destiny of life controlled by the
force of a higher power
 may reinforce the shared beliefs of an individual or a community finding its way through sacred
rituals, places, and ceremonies

CONTEMPORARY ART AS
REMEMBRANCE
 •Something done as an aid to memory
 Commemoration is sometimes personal, as we each hold memories of events and people
important in our lives

CONTEMPORARY ART FOR PERSUASION

 Government buildings , public monuments, television commercials, and music videos all harness
the power of art to influence action and opinion

CONTEMPORARY ART AS
SELF-EXPRESSION
 Art fulfills an expressive function when an artist conveys information about his or personality,
feelings, or worldview
 What is Contemporary Arts?

Contemporary Art generally refers to:

Art being created now

It is the catch-all phrase ascribed to the art of recent times and of today.

“Contemporary”
 Derived from the Latin prefix con, which means “together” or “with,” plus tempus, which means
“time.”

Contemporary art is constantly changing and continuously reinventing itself.

The expression “contemporary art” has gained much currency in recent decades, Since 1990s, there
are two main applications of this term in the discourse of arts:

1. Chronological

2. Historical

Chronological
 Defines contemporary art as art related to this current period in art history
 Refers to art that is new, recent, modern, or pertains to the present moment.
 This usage defines contemporary art as “art produced in our era or lifetime”

Historical
 Regards contemporary art as a specific episode or stage in the story of the evolution of art,
referring to a specific location in space and time.
 This view establishes a timeline in which works of art belong to a particular historical period.
 Contemporary Art in the Philippines
 Contemporary art emerged in the Philippines in reaction to social and cultural realities during
the 1970s. This period was an era of repression and censorship of artistic expressions.
 President Marcos sought to justify his one-man rule by anchoring his vision of cultural and
artistic renewal to the images of the pre-colonial Philippine society.
 He established a network of cultural and art institutions governed by his wife, Imelda.
 Art became a means to oppose the regime, and the political art of social realism f lourished at
this time.

Social Realism
 Is an art movement which sought to expose the real condition of Philippine society and used art
to transform it.

Progressive Art
 As a whole, whether in visual arts, music, theater, dance or literature in Manila and in the
countryside, developed a culture that would convey the authentic aspirations of the Filipino
people.

Contemporary Art in the Philippines emerged due to three factors:

 The return of democracy under the Aquino government

 Improved economic and political environment in the country, particularly in the regions;
 The advent of new technologies and free access to media.
 Contemporary art began at a time when the country regained its liberties after the ouster of the
Marcos regime, and free expression was again granted to the people.
 The return of democracy to the Philippines also ushered in improvements in the political and
economic environment throughout the country, which encouraged art production in the
regions.