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Contemporary
Philippine
Arts
First Semester - Week 3
Contemporary Art Forms:
Filipino Artists’ Roles and their Contribution to
Contemporary Arts
Arts and Design Track – Grade 12
Alternative Delivery Mode
Week 3: Contemporary Art Forms: Filipino Artists’ Roles and their
Contribution to Contemporary Arts
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Contemporary
Philippine
Arts
First Semester - Week 3
Contemporary Art Forms:
Filipino Artists’ Roles and their Contribution to
Contemporary Arts
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 LEARNING COMPETENCY:

Describes various contemporary art forms and their practices from the
various regions
CAR11/12CAP-Oc-e-4 & CAR11/12CAP-Oc-e-5

Various Contemporary Art Forms: Filipino Artists’ Roles and

Their Contribution to Contemporary Arts

This module highlights contemporary art forms from the different regions in the Philippines. It aims to
So, go ahead, and learn the characteristics of contemporary arts and its role in our country.

At the end of the module, you should be able to:

Describe the contemporary art forms from the different regions in the Philippines;
Explain the Filipino artists’ roles in contemporary arts;
Advocate the Filipino artists’ contributions to contemporary arts through your own art.

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 Direction: Read each item carefully and use your contemporary arts
notebook to write your answers on.
1. Name 3 contemporary art forms from the different regions
in the Philippines.
2. How do these 3 art forms contribute to contemporary arts?
3. Choose a contemporary art form in the visual arts. What are
its general characteristics?
4. Choose a contemporary art form in the performing arts. What are
its General characteristics?
5. How can Filipino artists contribute to contemporary arts?

Task 1: For this activity you have to be resourceful. Research on the net, read
on books, learn through interview on Philippine Contemporary art forms in the field of
visual arts, music, performing arts, literature and film. Whatever information that you
have gained will be written on your contemporary arts notebook.

Task 2: Make a scrapbook of these contemporary art forms. Explain the relevance of
each contemporary art form and how the Filipino artists who created the art forms
have contributed to contemporary Philippine arts. Compile your research in a long
folder with fastener (minimum of 10 and a maximum of 15 pages).
Format: Organization/ Format 10 pts
Creativity 15 pts
Content 15 pts
TOTAL 40 pts

Task 3: Essay Writing

If you have access to the internet, search for Lourd de Veyra’s Word of the
Lourd (WOTL) series.
A. Is it an example of Contemporary Art? Why and why not?
B. Make an essay on this in your notebook.

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 Word of the Lourd is a series of short
dips that poke fun at our culture, the
media, and whatever else that can be
poked. Contemporary art is seen in
music. It influenced our country, the
Philippines and this is reflected in the
band called Radioactive Sago Project.

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What are the characteristics of contemporary art?

This genre of art is believed to have started in the late 1960s by the end of
modernism art era. Characteristics: The most prominent feature of contemporary
art is the fact that it has no distinct feature or a single characteristic. It is defined by
the artist's ability to innovate and bring out a modern masterpiece.
What is the role of contemporary art in the Philippines?
FILIPINO artists play a role in presenting and educating the public about our
history and identity through contemporary art. Many artists are doing
work, artist collectives are thriving, and the market is strong. The discourse is higher.
One of the aims of Philippine Contemporary Art Network (PCAN) is “to consolidate
and harness the resources of Philippine contemporary art.”
The Philippine Contemporary Art Network is a recently initiated public
institution for contemporary art. In its preliminary phase, it focuses on three
activities: Knowledge Production and Circulation; Exhibition and Curatorial Analysis;
Public Engagement and Artistic Formation. It endeavors to activate a network to
coordinate a range of interventions in contemporary art in the Philippines and to cast
a sharper profile for it on an inter-local and trans-regional scale.

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Contemporary Painting Ronald Ventura’s “Grayground” (2011)

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Ronald Ventura is a world renowned contemporary Filipino artist known for
his dynamic melding of realism, cartoons, and graffiti. Portraying scenes of chaotic
disarray, Ventura culls from science fiction, Western history, Asian mythology,
Catholicism, and popular comic book characters, in producing his work.
Ventura’s “Grayground Painting” was sold for nearly P47 million pesos (HK$
8,420,000) at Sothebys Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian Paintings. The
auction that was held April 04, 2011 set a new record for the Filipino as the most
expensive items in an auction.

Contemporary Architecture
Cultural Center of the Philippines by Leandro Locsin (1969)

Leandro V. Locsin
(1928-1994) was a Filipino
architect, artist, and interior
designer, known for his use
of concrete, floating volume
and simplistic design in his
various projects. He was
proclaimed a National Artist
of the Philippines for
Architecture in 1990 by the
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President Corazon C.
Aquino.
From airport terminals to memorial chapels, arts centers to stock exchange
structures, Locsin left his mark on the urban landscape of the Philippines. He
designed the Cultural Center of the Philippines in 1969.
Despite the wide range of buildings Locsin created, all of them have one thing
in common: concrete. His ability to make this most monolithic of materials appear

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weightless, and to elegantly combine Western brutalism with vernacular elements,
led Locsin’s peers to dub him the “poet of space.”

Contemporary Sculpture
The Transfiguration (1979)
by Napoleon Abueva

Napoleon "Billy" Veloso Abueva (January

26, 1930 – February 16, 2018) was known as
the "Father of Modern Philippine Sculpture".
Through Proclamation No. 1539, He was
proclaimed National Artist for Sculpture in
1976 when he was 46, making him the
youngest recipient of the award to date.
Recognized as the “Father of Modern
Philippine Sculpture”, Abueva helped shape
medium.co
the local sculpture scene to what it is now. He
used almost all kinds of materials for his
sculptures such as hard wood, adobe, metal, stainless steel, cement, marble,
bronze, iron, alabaster, coral and brass.

Contemporary Music
Ryan Cayabyab, National Artist
Ryan Cayabyab (May 4, 1954), also
known as Mr. C, is a Filipino musician,
composer and conductor. He was the
Executive and Artistic Director for
several years for the defunct San
Miguel Foundation for the Performing
Arts. He was named as National Artist
of the Philippines for Music in 2018.

His works range from commissioned full-length ballets, theater musicals,

choral pieces, a Mass set to unaccompanied chorus, and orchestral pieces, to
commercial recordings of popular music, film scores and television specials.
Cayabyab's current project includes the Ryan Cayabyab Singers (RCS), a
group of seven young adult singers comparable to his group Smokey Mountain in the
early 1990s. After Freemantle Media decided not to renew the Philippine
Idol franchise, Cayabyab transferred to rival show Pinoy Dream Academy (season
2), replacing Jim Paredes as the show's headmaster. PDA 2 started on June 14,
2008. He also became the chairman of the board of judges for GMA Network's
musical-reality show To The Top.
He is the executive director of the Philpop Music Fest Foundation Inc., the
organization behind the Philippine Popular Music Festival. This songwriting

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competition for amateurs and professionals puts the spotlight on songwriters and
encourages Filipinos to preserve their unique musical identity.

Contemporary Literature
Edith L. Tiempo, National Artist Award for Literature (1999)

Edith L. Tiempo (April 22, 1919 –

August 21, 2011), poet, fiction writer,
teacher and literary critic was
a Filipino writer in the English
language.
Tiempo was born
in Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya. Her
poems are intricate verbal
transfigurations of significant
https://bit.ly/3gMbP9d experiences as revealed, in two of her
much anthologized
pieces, "Halaman" and "Bonsai." As
fictionist, Tiempo is as morally profound. Her language has been marked as
"descriptive but unburdened by scrupulous detailing." She is an influential tradition in
Philippine Literature in English. Together with her late husband, writer and critic
Edilberto K. Tiempo, they founded (in 1962) and directed the Silliman National
Writers Workshop in Dumaguete City, which has produced some of the Philippines'
best writers.
She was conferred the National Artist Award for Literature in 1999.

Contemporary Performing Arts/Dance

Ramon Obusan,
National Artist for Dance (2006)
Ramon Arevalo Obusan
(June 16, 1938 – December
21, 2006) He was a Filipino
dancer, choreographer, stage
designer and artistic director.
Obusan is credited for his work
in promoting Philippine
traditional dance and cultural
work. He is also an acclaimed
archivist, researcher and
documentary filmmaker who
focused on Philippine culture.
He also founded Ramon
Obusan Folkloric Group in

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1971, a folk dance company. He incorporated into it the vast data artifacts he had
accumulated through his decades of doing research on Philippine folkdance.
Among the awards Obusan received was the Patnubay ng Kalinangan award by the
City of Manila in 1992, the Gawad CCP Para sa Sining award in 1993 and the
prestigious National Artist of the Philippines for dance in May 2006.

Contemporary Arts in Film

Jerrold Tarog (1977)

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Jerrold Viacrucis Tarog (1977) is a Filipino film director, screenwriter,

producer, editor, and composer. He is best known for directing Heneral
Luna (2015), Bliss (2017), Goyo: The Boy General (2018), and the upcoming
film Darna. His first feature film was the independently-
produced Confessional (2007), followed by Mangatyanan (2009) and Sana
Dati (2013). He directed segments for the Shake, Rattle & Roll horror series.
While a student at the UP Diliman, Tarog developed an interest in filmmaking
and began taking film classes at the UP Film Center, which is located near the
College of Music building. He recalled watching classic films that were directed
by Akira Kurosawa, Martin Scorsese and Woody Allen. After graduation, Tarog
played the drums for a heavy metal band. He has called his filmmaking expertise
"self-taught".
In 2015 Tarog co-wrote, directed, edited and scored Heneral Luna,
a historical biographical film which chronicled the leadership of General Antonio
Luna of the Philippine Revolutionary Army during the Philippine–American War. The
film was a commercial success in the Philippines, having earned ₱256 million
nationwide (about three times its production costs). The film garnered praise for its
cinematography, writing, acting and plot, as well as critical acclaim from Filipino
professional critics and historians alike. It has since been regarded as the most
expensive Philippine historical epic film ever made. The Philippine edition of
Esquire considered Heneral Luna as Tarog's breakthrough film due to its successful
run.

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Task 4: Make your own contemporary art which shows what changes you would
suggest to a modern day issue in our society. Paint it on 9 x 12 inches oslo paper
using black ink and watercolor, or color from any color-producing plant like alugbati.
You can also use coffee (not 3-in-I but pure coffee) for a sepia effect. Put your name
and section on the upper right hand corner of the paper.

Refer to the rubrics provided below:

VISUAL ART RUBRIC:
Relevance.....................................................................40%
Artistry (Color/Proportion/Contrast/etc.).......................30 %
Impact............................................................................20%
Time Management (Submitted on time)........................10%
Total..............................................................................100%

Complete the sentences below based on your understanding of the lesson:

Assess what you have learned

1. What is the role of contemporary art in the Philippines?
2. State the aim of the Philippine Contemporary Art Network (PCAN)
3. The Philippine Contemporary Art Network focuses on three activities:
A.
B.
C.

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Glossary
The following terms used in this module are defined as follows:

Contemporary Philippine Painting - aims to provide students with an appreciation

of a broad range of styles in the various disciplines with consideration on their
elements and principles, and engage them to an integrative approach in
studying arts. Working in a wide range of mediums, contemporary artists often reflect
and comment on modern-day society.
Contemporary Architecture - the architecture of the 21st century. No single style is
dominant; contemporary architects are working in several different styles, from
postmodernism and high-tech architecture to highly conceptual and expressive forms
and designs, resembling sculpture on an enormous scale. The classic material used
in architecture are wood, stone and brick . Modern materials include cast iron,
structural steel and reinforced concrete.
Contemporary Sculpture - a form of art which creates 3 dimensional artwork
achieved by shaping certain materials. Modern and contemporary sculpture involves
techniques developed over time as well as elements of popular culture.
Contemporary Music - in the Philippines it usually refers to compositions that have
adopted ideas and elements from twentieth century art music in the West, as well as
the latest trends and musical styles in the entertainment industry.
Contemporary Literature - is defined as literature written after World War II through
the current day. The horrors of the war, including bombs, ground wars, genocide and
corruption, are the pathways to this type of literature. It is from these real-life themes
that we find the beginning of a new period of writing.

Contemporary Film - film that is produced today by artists are living in the 21 st
century. Contemporary art in film generally gives us the opportunity to reflect on our
society
and issues relevant to ourselves and the world around us.

Contemporary Performance Arts - artworks that are created through actions

performed by the artist or other participants, which may be live or recorded,
spontaneous or scripted; are hybrid performance works and artists that travel
between the fields of experimental theatre & dance, video art, visual art, music
composition and performance art without adhering to one specific field's
practice.Types of Performing arts may include dance, music, opera, theatre and
musical theatre, magic, illusion, mime, spoken word, puppetry,
circus arts, performance art. There is also a specialized form of fine art, in which the
artists perform their work live to an audience. This is called performance art.

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References
Contemporary Philippine Arts from the Regions by FMDatuin, R. Paulino,
ELegaspi-Ramirez, L. Marcelino
https://philnews.ph/2011/04/05/ronald-venturas-grayhound-painting
http://architectuul.com/architect/leandro-valencia-locsin
https://www.esquiremag.ph/the-good-life/pursuits/national-artists-philippines
https://theculturetrip.com

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