Contemporary Philippine Arts

from the Regions

MELC: Describes various contemporary
art forms and their practices from the
various regions; (CAR11/12IAC-Oa-1)
Objectives:
• 1. Identify the meaning, nature, importance, functions of
Art
• 2. Enumerate the classification of Art forms
• 3. Identify the Contemporary Art Forms and Practices
from the Region
What is contemporary arts?
MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS…
Defining Contemporary Arts
Strictly speaking, the term "contemporary art" refers to
art made and produced by artists living today.
Contemporary art provides an opportunity to reflect on
contemporary society and the issues relevant to
ourselves, and the world around us. Contemporary artists
work in a globally influenced, culturally diverse, and
technologically advancing world.
 Contemporary art in most cases, defined it as art that has been and
continuously being created during our lifetime. (widewall.ch)
Example: The artist is using different computer software on his/her
artwork.
 During the 21st century, these art forms include photography, graphic
design and animation.
 Contemporary art is the art of the modern world, created in the last half
of the 21st Century.
 Contemporary or modern-day artists work in an internationally inclined,
culturally and ethnically diverse and technologically and scientifically
forward moving world. Their art is a vigorous arrangement of resources,
approaches, impressions and themes that linger the thought-provoking
Nature of ART
• Derived from the Latin word ars/artis which
means to do or man-made.
• A medium of expression because we express our
ideas, emotions, feelings, without using words.
• Creative activity that involves skill or expertise
in handling materials and organizing them into
something new.
 NATURE OF
ART

• Art is a product of man's need to express himself. – R.

Zulueta
• Art is the communication of ideas and feelings by means of
medium, color, sound, bronze, marble, words, and film. -C.
Sanchez
• Art is beauty of the world. – Plato
• Art is an attitude of spirit, a state of mind-one which
demands for its own satisfaction and fulfilling. – J. Dewey
• Art is the skillful arrangement of nature such as colors
sounds, lines, movements, words, stones, wood, etc., and to
express human feelings. –Rustia
Modern Art Post Modern art
CONTEMPORARY
ARTS
- Art produced at the present
period in time.
- It includes, and develops
from, Postmodern art, which
is itself a successor to
Modern Art.
Contemporary Philippine Art
 The art of the Philippines refers to the works of art that have developed and
accumulated in the Philippines from the beginning of civilization in the country
up to the present era.
 According to Santos (2016), in Philippine art as in its culture, one notes the
various shades, lines, and tones, and even the contrasting characters that have
been absorbed and blended into new forms that are particularly Filipino.
 Contemporary Arts began during the 1950s, after World War II. Artists began
to experiment various procedures and various methods of communicating their
feelings, perspectives, thoughts, and different things that they needed to
communicate through Arts. They were viewed as contemporary artists in light
of the fact that their styles and methods of making artworks veered away from
that of customary workmanship.
Art Appreciation
 It is the ability to interpret or understand man-made
arts and enjoy them either through actual and work
experience with tools and materials or possession of
these works for satisfaction.
Work of Art
 An activity that involves both imagination and skill in
accomplishing it
 A thing of beauty having aesthetic value; obra maestra that
provides aesthetic value to viewers
 Must have an artistic and literary merit
 A symbolic state of meaning rather having a practical function
Subject of Art
 The subject matter may vary, usually anything that is
represented in the artwork. It may be a person, object, scene, or
event.
Importance of Art
 Satisfies the needs for personal expression
 Develops our skills to express ourselves
 Challenges us to see things differently
 Unleashes our hidden desires and passion
 Can change our ways in life
 Sees the truth that we might not understand
before
 Gives pleasure, satisfaction and gratification
Functions of Art
 Most important means of expression
developed by man.
 To express beauty
 To give man moment of relaxation and
spiritual happiness
 To serve as a channel of man’s passion
 To reform man
 To overcome the feelings of restlessness and
ARTISTS IN DIFFERENT FIELD OF
ARTS
 Purposes of Artists in Engaging in Art Activities
*Some artists, producing artworks for sale is a
lucrative job.
*Some do it to express their emotions and thoughts,
real or imaginary. Artists do it to self-actualize.
*Others do it to produce things of beauty, like architectural
*A small numberwonders anddo
of artists masterpieces.
it to immortalize themselves
as do painters who do self-portraits or to immortalize other
people as do sculptors who erect monuments of heroes and
writers who make biographies.
* A few artists do it to inform historical dramatists
and biographical essayists
*Several engage in art in order to persuade
*But most artist intend to entertain people.
 Classification of Art Forms
• VISUAL ARTS - those forms perceived by the eyes. These include
paintings, sculpture, and architecture. Also called as spatial arts
because under this genre occupy space.
- Graphic Arts are those visual arts that have length
and width; thus they are also called two-dimensional arts. They
are described as flat arts.

- Plastic Arts are those visual arts that have length, width
and volume; thus they are also called three-dimensional
arts.
• AUDIO – VISUAL ARTS – are those forms perceived by
both ears (audio) and eyes (video). They are called
performing arts in as such as the artists render a
performance in front of an audience.

• LITERARY ARTS – are those presented in the written

mode and intended to read. These include prose (short
stories, novels, essays and plays) and poetry (narrative
poems, lyric poems, and dramatic poems).
Integrative Art – A number of art forms are
combined to form an art work. For example, an opera
or musical play is a combination of music, dance, and
drama. A building is an architectural work that can
have paintings and sculptures and integral parts.
Dishes are products of culinary arts; they may have
vegetable or fruit sculptures as decorations. A t-shirt
or another piece of garment may have a design
produced through computer graphics. A novel or
another literary piece in book form may have a
painting or drawing as it cover.
A thing of beauty is a joy
forever