Contemporary Art Forms

and Practices from the

Regions
Introduction
Contemporary art is essential to you not only
because it belongs to your time, but it also serves
as a form of expression of the people’s present
feelings and longings. Contemporary works of art
are the means through which the artists of today
communicate their sentiments.

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Rewind…
1. Describe the scenery in your hometown
ten years ago. Did it have any works of
art (architecture, visual arts, etc.) What
did they look like?

2. Describe the present scenery in your

hometown.

3. From what you have envisioned in

numbers 1 and 2, make a conclusion on
what has changed and what has
remained in the arts in your hometown?
Contemporary Art
Defined
Contemporary art is the art that
springs out of the present-day
events and passions of the society.
It is the newest form of art, amusing
people from the middle to the late
20th century up to this very minute.
Contemporary Art vs. Modern Art
▪ Modern art emerged in the late 1800s and continued
to grow for more or less a century. It slowly waned in
the middle to late 20th century when postmodernism
came to light. Postmodernism then give birth to what
we know now as contemporary art. This art exists up
to this day, and no one knows when a new period will
arrive to veil contemporary art in its shadow.

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The Subject and
Elements of Art The Subject of Art

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Realism

The first style is realism in which

the subject is done the way it
actually looks.
An example of this is the painting
of Araceli Dans, the Bridal White.
Araceli Limcaco
Dans (b. 1929)
Araceli Limcaco Dans (b. 1929) is one of the
most famous living artists in the Philippines.
Limcaco Dans is known for her exquisitely
detailed still life paintings in oil, watercolor and
acrylic, most of which feature an intricate kind of
lacy fabric made in the Philippines called
calado.

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Distortion
The artist uses his or her
imagination and alters the subject
according to his or her desire.
A stylized work is a form of
distortion like Norma Belleza’s
painting, the Fiesta.
Norma Belleza
Norma Belleza is a Filipino
painter. She was born in San
Fernando, Pampanga. Back then,
her family was composed of
billboard designers. Married to the
Filipino artist, Angelito Antonio,
with their children Fatima
Baquiran, Emil Antonio, and
Marcel Antonio.
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Abstraction
The artist breaks a part a subject
and rearranges it in a different
manner.
The paintings of the National Artist
Vicente Manansala belong to this
category.
Vicente Silva
Manansala
Vicente Silva Manansala was a Filipino cubist
painter and illustrator. One of the first
Abstractionists on the Philippine art scene
Vicente Manansala is also credited with
bridging the gap between the city and the
suburbs, between the rural and cosmopolitan
ways of life.

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 Non Objectivism
There is no subject at all-just an
interplay of pure elements, like line,
shape or color, and so on.
A good example of this is the
painting of Roberto Chabet which is
on Acrylic paper.
Roberto Chabet
(1937–2013)
Roberto Chabet (1937–2013) was a
renowned Filipino conceptual artist,
teacher, and curator, who played a key
role in the development of Philippine
contemporary art.

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The Subject and
Elements of Art The Elements of Art

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 Space

Space in visual arts can be defined

as a void, an emptiness which can
either be positive or negative.
Space refers to the area that is
occupied by an object or a subject,
as well as the area surrounding that
object or subject.
 Space
Atmospheric perspective, which
utilizes the properties of light and air
in depicting the illusion of distance;.
Linear perspective, which involves
the use of vanishing points and
receding hidden lines.
 Line
Line is the extension of a point, a
short or long mark drawn or carved
on a surface.
This refers to a prolongation of a
point or a mark on a surface. Solid
lines can be used in order to define
form while broken lines are typically
used to suggest hidden forms.
 Shape and Form

When the ends of a line meet, they form a

shape. It can also be described as a figure
separate from its surrounding area or
background.
A shape may be natural or living forms
called an organic shape and can be
irregular or rounded. It may also be
measured forms called geometric shape.
 Color

It is a sensation created by
visible wavelengths of light
caught in a prism.
Color is a very important
element because it can
communicate information and
emotion to the viewer.
3 Properties of Color
Hue, which refers to the basic or
pure color, and is represented in
the color wheel.
 3 Properties of Color

Value, which refers to the lightness

and darkness of color. A light color
or tint is the result of adding white
to a hue, while a dark color or
shade results from adding black to
a hue..
 3 Properties of Color

Saturation, which refers to brightness

and dullness of color. It is also
referred to as purity of the color. A
bright color can be produced by
adding more pigment to the same
hue, while a dull color can be
produced by adding gray or the
color’s complement to the pigment
 3 Properties of Color

The color wheel is an arrangement of

primary, secondary and tertiary
colors. It is important tool to identify
which colors can work well if used in a
certain artwork which is the color
schemes or color relationships. These
are some of the color schemes
 Value
In visual arts, value is the degree of lightness
and darkness of a color.
How light or dark something is on a scale of
white to black 
For example: If you took a black and white
photograph of your painting, the shades of
grey would be the different values or tones
within the painting.
 Texture
Texture is the surface of an
artwork. A texture can be actual or
tactile, meaning, it can really be
felt by touch, or it can be
simulated or illusory, which mean
it can only be seen, not felt.
 Time and Motion
Movement in the visual arts can either
be an illusion or an actual motion.
An illusion of movement is more
common in two-dimensional artworks.
On the other hand, actual motion is
easily seen in kinetic sculpture that
moves with the wind or are vibrating
with the surrounding air.
The way to get
started is to quit
talking and begin
doing.

Walt Disney

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