CONTEMPORARY PHILIPPINE ARTS REVIEWER

CONTEMPORARY-modern (1880-1945)
Painting, Sculpture, Literature, Architecture, Theater, Film, Music
EVOLUTION OF ART IN THE PHILIPPINES
1000-1521 SPANISH PERIOD
1521-1898 AMERICAN PERIOD
1898-1946 POST INDEPENDENCE PERIOD
1946- --- CONTEMPORARY PERIOD
SEVEN MAJOR CONTEMPORARY ART
FIRST PART - Contemporary Visual Arts – VISUAL ARTS AND ARCHITECTURE
SECOND PART – CONTEMPORARY PERFORMING ARTS AND LITERATURE – LITERATURE,
MUSIC, DANCE, THEATER, FILMING
VISUAL ARTS - art form that create works that are primarily visual in nature
BASIC FORM OF VISUAL ARTS
Painting – process of applying colors on flat surface
Forms of Painting
 Easel Painting
 Mural
 Telon Painting
 Calesa Painting
 Collage
THEMES OF PAINTING
Genre Painting – portrays people in daily activities
Historical Painting – depicts a scene from the past
Interiors – painting at the space inside of a part of a house or building
Landscapes – portray natural scenery or urban scene
Portraits – painting one or more specific individuals
Nude – portray unclothed human figure
Religious painting – include a lone religious image
Still Life – depict natural or human made objects
2 dimensions of Panting (HEIGHT, WIDTH)
SPOLIARIUM-JUAN LUNA

SCULPTURE – a form of visual art that has three dimensions HEIGHT, WIDTH, AND DEPTH
-it is created either carving, modeling, or assembling parts together
KINDS OF SCULPTURE
FREE STANDING – sculpture that can independently stand in space
RELIEF – sculpture projected in a flat surface
ASSEMBLAGE – formed by putting materials together such as found objects
KINETIC SCULPTURE – sculpture in motion
WELDED SCULPTURE – process of connecting sheets of metal together by using acetylene or electric
torch

ARCHITECTURE – one of the most functional branches of visual arts

-involves designing the form of a building while allowing the building to serve its function
FORMS OF ARCHITECTURE
 DOMESTIC BUILDINGS
 BUNGALOW
 ETHNIC HOUSES
 COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS
 CHURCHES
 GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS
 OTHER FORMS OF STRUCTURES

NATIONAL COMISSION FOR CULTURE AND THE ARTS (NCCA)

 FERDINAND E. MARCOS THROUGH PROCALAMATION NO.1001 DATED APRIL 2,1972
CULTURAL CENTER OF THE PHILIPPINES (CCP)
NATIONAL ARTIST AWARD – highest distinction bestowed upon Filipino Artist
NATIONAL ARTIST FOR PAINTING
FERNANDO AMORSOLO – “GRAND OLD MAN OF THE PHILIPPINE ART” Backlighting
Technique
CARLOS “BOTONG” FRANCISCO – National Artist for Painting 1973 – POET OF ANGONO –
revived the forgotten art of mural
VICTORIO C. EDADES – National Artist for Painting (1976) - “FATHER OF MODERN
PHILIPPINE PAINTING”
VICENTE SILVA MANANSALA - National Artist for Painting (1981) – his paintings are described as
teetering/shaking. – believes that the beauty of art is in the process (Sagrada Familia, mother and
child)
JERRY NAVARRO ELIZALDE – NAP 1999 – 40 years of devotion to visual arts – MASTER OF
COLORS
NATIONAL ARTIST FOR VISUAL ARTS
JOSE JOYA – NAVA 2003 – AUTHENTIC FILIPINO ABSTRACT IDIOM THAT TRANSCENDED
FOREIGN INFLUENCES
CESAR LEGASPI – NAVA 1990 – PIONEER NEO REALIST – CUBISM
HERNANDO R. OCAMPO – NAVA 1991 – SELF TAUGHT PAINTER – FLORA AND FAUNA
ARTURO LUZ – NAVA 1997 – AESTHETIC VISION TO NEW HEIGHTS OF SOPHISTICATED
SIMPLICITY
ANG KIUKOK (ANG HWA SHING) – NAVA 2001 – BORN TO IMMIGRANT CHINESE
PARENTS – BLAZED A FORMAL ICONOGRAPHIC PATH
BENEDICTO R. CABRERA (BENCAB) – NAVA 2006 – LYRICAL EXPRESSIONIST –
SCAVENGER FIGURE *SABEL*, melancholic symbol of dislocation, despair and isolation.
ABDULMARI ASIA IMAO – NAVA 2006 – NATIVE OF SULU - SARIMANOK
FEDERICO AGUILAR ALCUAZ - NAVA 2009 – ALCUAZAICS – gestural paintings in acrylic and oil
FRANCISCO V. COCHING – NAVA 2014 – DEAN OF FILIPINO ILLUSTRATORS
NATIONAL ARTIST FOR SCULPTURE
GUILLERMO E. TOLENTINO – NAS 1973 – PRODUCT OF THE REVIVAL PERIOD – Royal
Academy of Fine Arts In Rome Italy – UP Oblation – The Bonifacio Monument
Napoleon V. Abueva – NAS 1976 – FATHER OF MODERN PHILIPPINE SCULPTURE – THE
SCULPTURE at the United Nations - youngest
NATIONAL ARTIST FOR DANCE
FRANCISCA REYES AQUINO – NAD 1973 – Folk Dance Pioneer
LEONOR O. GOQUINGCO – Mother of Philippine Theater Dance – Dean of Filipino Performing
Arts Critics – pioneer Filipino choreographer in balletic folkloric
LUCRECIA R. URTULA – NAD 1988 – BAYANIHAN PHILIPPINE DANCE COMPANY -
researcher
RAMON A. OBUSAN – NAD 2006 – RAMON OBUSAN FOLKLORIC GROUP (ROFG) –
researcher, archivist and documentary filmmaker – stage designer
ALICE REYES – NAD 2014 – DANCE PARLANCE/DIALECT – contemporary dance
NATIONAL ARTIST FOR LITERATURE
AMADO V. HERNANDEZ – NAL 1973 – poet playwright and novelist - MGA IBONG
MANDARAGIT written while in prison
JOSE GARCIA VILLA – NAL 1973 – ART IS A MIRACULOUS FLIRTATION WITH NOTHING!
AIMING FOR NOTHING, AND LANDING ON THE SUN – ONE OF THE FINEST
CONTEMPORARY POETS – DOVEGLION (penname)
NICK M. JOAQIN – NAL 1976 – most distinguished Filipino writer in English - JOAQUINESQUE –
QUIJANO DE MANILA
CARLOS P. ROMULO – NAL 1982 – 50 years as educator – First Asian president of the United
Nations - wrote 18 books, THE UNITED, I SAW THE FALL OF THE PHILIPPINES
FRANCISCO ARCELLANA – NAL 1990 – one of the most important progenitors of the modern
Filipino short story – a brilliant craftsman – indispensable part of a tertiary level-syllabi
NESTOR VICENTE MADALI GONZALES – NAL 1997 – known as N.V.M. Gonzales, won the first
Commonwealth Literary Contest in 1940 – Doctor Humane Letters (honoris causa)
CARLOS QUIRINO – NAL 1997 – biographer, distinction of having written one of the earliest
biographies of Jose Rizal THE GREAT MALAYAN
EDITH L. TIEMPO – NAL 1999 – one of the finest Filipino writers in English, works are characterized by
a remarkable fusion, “DESCRIPTIVE BUT UNBURDENED BY SCRUPULOUS DETAILING”
F. SIONIL JOSE – NAL 2001 – EPIC – captures the sweep of Philippine history while simultaneously
narrating the lives of generations of the Samsons
VIRGILIO S. ALMARIO – NAL 2003 – RIO ALMA, revived and reinvented traditional Filipino poetic
forms
ALEJANDRO R. ROCES – NAL 2003 – country’s best writer of comic short stories, (my brother’s
peculiar chicken)
DR. BIENVINIDO LUMBERA – NAL 2006 – pioneered the creative fusion of fine arts and popular
imagination.
LAZARO FRANCISCO – 2009- prize winning writer – developed the social realist tradition
CRILO F. BAUTISTA – 2014 – exceptional achievements and significant contributions to the development
of the country’s literary arts
MUSIC
ANTONIO J.MOLINA – 1973 – pride of quiapo – dean of filipino composers
LUCRESIA R. KASILAG – 1989 – cultural entrepreneur of national and international, intergrating the use
of indigenous instruments
LUCIO D. SAN PEDRO – 1991 – his music integrated folk heritage - pride of Angono
JOSE M. MACEDA – 1997 – ETHNOMUSICOLOGIST , touring the regions of the country researching
and developing ethnic music
LEVI CELERIO – litersture/music 1997 – prolific composer and lyricist 4,000 songs
PROF. ANDREA O. VENERACION – 1999 – founder of award winning choral group the Philippine madrigal singers
THEATER AND FILM
WILFRIDO MA. GUERRERO – Pride of Ermita , humor,love,moral,dilemmas,local idioms
LAMBERTO V. AVELLANA – 1976 – THE BOY WONDER OF PHILIPPINE MOVIES
CINEMA – post war stage and film director
DAISY AVELLANA – country’s top post war stage actress and theater director
HONORATA ATANG DE LA RAMA – pride of tondo, queen of zarzuela and vaudeville
ROLANDO S.TINIO – FATHER OF TAGLISH POETRY
SEVERINO MONTANO – 50 plays , founded the arena theater
SALVADOR F. BERNAL – native of Dagupan Pangasinan FATHER OF THEARETRICAL STAGE AND
DESIGN”

ARCHITECTURE
JUAN F. NAKPIL – 1973 – DEAN OF PHILIPPINE ARCHITECTURE - neoclassic style – Rizal shrine,
Up theater
PABLO S. ANTONIO – 1976 – UNESCO AWARDED DECO CAMPUS OF FEU
LEANDRO V. LOCSIN – 1990 – known for the use of domes, spirals, concentric spaces
ARCHT. ILDEFONSO P. SANTOS – 2006 – FATHER OF PHILIPPINE LANDSCAPR
ARCHITECTURE - RIZAL PARK – CULTURAL CENTER OF THE PH
JOSE MARIA V. ZARAGOZA – 2014 – fused old world Spanish colonial style with modern international -
SANTO DOMINGO CHURCH