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Contemporary
Philippine Arts from
the Regions
Quarter 1 - Module 2
Contemporary Arts in the Philippines
(GROUP 3)
Baracol, Jhonriel
Castillo, John Vittorio
Mansandez, Jhustyn
Yano, Eiron Van

Asentista, Rica Joy

Buhisan, Jelyn
Dosdos, Princess Danielle
Generalao, Marian Nicole
Maglangit, Nova Mae
Olam, Kathleen Moneath
Resullar, Shee Claudine
Sulasula, Armea
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What I Know
Directions. Choose the letter of the correct answer.
1. Philippine Contemporary Arts can be found .
a. at home c. in the streets
b. in school d. all of the above

2. Common everyday arts should be .

a. appreciated c. depreciated
b. avoided d. detested

3. Present day art has a lot of .

a. deficiencies c. problems
b. difficulties d. varieties

4. Manga is an example of .
a. Applied Art c. Performance Art
b. Literary Art d. Visual Art

5. Contemporary Art is an expression of our .

a. fear c. times
b. negativity d. weakness

6.Contemporary Art is the artist’s expression of his perception and

comprehension of his personal .
a. consents c. contests
b. contents d. contexts

7. Contemporary Arts in the Philippines is as diverse as our .

a. flocks c. mobs
b. gangs d. people

8. Viewers can appreciate contemporary Philippine art more by employing all of their .
a. finances c. senses
b. forces d. systems
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9. Present-day art expressions of artists would want the following to be known through
their .
a. culture c. situation
b. issues d. all of the above

10. Contemporary Philippine Art considers not only the artist but also the
participation of the .
a. art critics and enthusiasts only
b. community through the viewers
c. exhibit and gallery organizers only
d. teachers, professors and all other educators only

11. Contemporary Arts have different that are put together to come up with a distinct
artwork.
a. elements c. mixtures
b. ingredients d. textures

12. Contemporary Art is influenced by the artist’s personal context.

Contemporary Art does not express artist’s expression of his context.
a. Both statements are FALSE.

b. Both statements are TRUE.

c. The first statement is FALSE, the second statement is TRUE.
d. The first statement is TRUE, the second statement is FALSE .

13. Contemporary Art is not prominent in the Philippines.

Many contemporary Philippine artworks are admired and respected.
a. Both statements are FALSE.
b. Both statements are TRUE.
c. The first statement is FALSE, the second statement is TRUE.
d. The first statement is TRUE, the second statement is FALSE .
14. Contemporary Arts have different elements.
These elements that are put together to come up with a distinct artwork.

a. Both statements are FALSE.

b. Both statements are TRUE.
c. The first statement is FALSE, the second statement is TRUE.
d. The first statement is TRUE, the second statement is FALSE .

15. Non-traditional art materials are useless in creating artwork.

These materials cannot be accessed or acquired anywhere.

a. Both statements are FALSE.

b. Both statements are TRUE.
c. The first statement is FALSE, the second statement is TRUE.
d. The first statement is TRUE, the second statement is FALSE .
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What’s New
Let’s imagine that you will be going out of your house and come across the following
pictures. Give the questions some thought and answer them truthfully.

What do you see in the picture?

1. There were billboards above the infrastructures.

Did they catch our attention?

- Yes, they did.

Cite its significance or importance.

- Billboards are huge illustrations that is found above
the buildings of a company in order that it'll catch the
attention of citizens whose passing by.
Commercial Billboard art is a great way to advertise
your/someone brands or products,since it can easily be
seen by people's eyes, catching your/someone's attention
is not a problem. So it is essential and important in
business world.
What do you see in the picture?
Signages /Jeepney Signs 2

Are their colors and font styles appealing? Why or why

not?
Yes, because it has vary of colors and also No. The
color scheme and font design do not appeal to
us .It's because the goal of these tags is for them to
be readable from a distance. As a result, the color
palette and selections are limited.

Cite their significance or importance.

They're essential in order to catch people's attention
about warnings for safety travel and directions thats
why they also vary in colors.

3 What do you see in the picture?

Street art / Graffiti (Artwork on a wall )
Are they inspiring or distracting? Why or why not?
They are both distracting and inspiring. However, it is
way more distracting than inspiring since it do catches
the eyes attention by most of people passing by but also,
it does inspire other people depending on the meaning of
the art.
Cite its significance or importance.
Street arts are painted in the walls near a street and is
mostly found in urban places. It is essential for
enlightening your day while passing by the art and it is
one method of making sheilded and united community.
It's also one way of expressing someone's perspective
and feelings towards the community and how it reflects
the citizens

What do you see in the picture?

Public Sculpture 4
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Do you find it appealing? Why or why not?

Yes i did found it appealing

Cite its significance or importance.

Sculptures are significant in showing the society's
culture and uniqueness. It's a way of expressing
someones talent and just like the other art forms, its
also reflects the artists personality and perspectives

5 What do you see in the picture?

Dancers performing in a stage
Are they worth watching? Why or why not?
Yes, they are because they create artistic moves and
styles in dancing in order to appeal the audience
watching
Cite its significance or importance.
Dancing has abundance of benefits and advantages.
Dancing is one way to express art and it reflects the
persons personality on how he/she creates move .It also
helps us to ease the stresses we endure in our lives and
many other more.

Processing:

1. Identify the pictures in Column A by matching them with Column B, choose from the
letters in Column B.
C Picture 1 A. Contemporary Philippine sculpture
E Picture 2 B. Contemporary Philippine street art

B Picture 3 C. Commercial Billboard art

Picture 4 D. Street Dance
A
D Picture 5 E. Destination signage art

2. What do the pictures express or reveal? Explain briefly.

Both pictures expresses art and talent , a contemporary art. Artists creating those
arts expresses their feelings and it reflects on who they are.They demonstrate the
numerous ways in which various forms of art might pique our interest. These arts can
be seen in different things but one thing they have in common is their meaning and
impact to the society.

3. In a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate the presentation, significance and viewers’
impact for each picture? Explain each rating.

•1st pic - I rate them 10 since billboards are really a great way to promote services
and product and it did work on the citizens living in cities/urban places.

•2nd pic- i rate them 8, yes they are colorful and easily seen by most people passing
by. Its one way to communicate with people by warning them about safety travels and
giving directions to its destination

•3rd pic - I rate them 8, most graffitis are really a good art in a community but for
some instances(for example), it is use by activists to express their bad insights about the
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community and even the government to catch their attention. Another one, some artist use
graffiti that shows transgressive arts which depicts reverse insights about religious
matters

•4th pic - Sculptures, I rate them 10. They are my favorite art. It demostrates the
community's unique cultural and traditional charm

•5th pic - 9 probably since it is one of the creative methods in engaging with the
public's attention and its also a great way in expressing art in contemporary times
although, its very common in our society

4. Why do young people fail to recognize or pay attention to these works of art these
days?

Well, most young people does this because of the impact of the advancements in
our modern society. Our lives are revolving around technology and and its one way
so that we can't patronize the art that we have. Technology becomes so popular and
so essential in our daily lives. However, instead of developing our skills/talents in
diff art forms, we chose to rely ourselves in in the advancement technology. For
example, we plagiarize and use AI to create art which weakens the societies art
culture and losing the originalities
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What’s More
Activity 1.1 Analyzing Contemporary Philippine Arts
Observing Art: Understanding the Form, Media and Style

Integrative Art comes in different sizes and shapes, forms and styles. This art can be
observed in Junk Art. Junk Art is a sculptural rendition using discarded or used
materials usually scrap plastic, cartons, paper, metal or glass. Observe and analyze this
artwork and answer the questions.
What is being depicted in this artwork?
The artwork shows an image of an owl or a bird.
What kind of art is this?
It’s a form of an art that is called Junk Art.
What materials were used in creating this artwork?
Can,metal scrap and wires

Cite the significance or importance of this kind of

artwork.
The importance of this kind of artwork is that it can
reduce the waste of our environment.Junk art is an
important concept that is both entertaining and
innovative while also commenting on our society and
the mass manufacturing of 'things' that these artists
utilize and re-use, maybe slowing down the
suffocation of overproduction.
Processing:
1. What kind of media or materials were used in this kind of art?
Scrap Metals , Rugged Cloth ,Scrap Wood
2. What other media or materials can be used aside from those identified in the
picture?
Plastic bottles, paper and unused clothes
3. If you will be given the chance to create this kind of art, what would you create?
I would create an art that describes our struggles in life because living the
life is hard and has a lot of challenges. Also some arts that based on my emotions or
feelings I encountered nowadays as example of creating an emotion mosaic where in
a single art, it shows different emotions.
4. What media or materials would you use in creating your artwork?
If I will make an artwork, I would also like to use old materials, such as
cartons, cans or plastics so that also, I can help to reduce the waste of our
environment.
5. Cite the possible obstacles or difficulties you might encounter in creating this
artwork.
The possible obstacles or difficulties for this artwork are that we may not have
the have the Tools or Equipments to turn the junks we came to pick up into the art we
want.
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Give your understanding of the following terms with reference to creating art:

1. Para-paraan - it refers to an individual's generative strategy of thinking about

creating an art. It also means of a person who catalyzes artworks alternatively.

2. Diskarte - If the word "para-paraan" means finding ways to create atwork,

"diskarte" refers to, seeking for appropriable stuffs/materials to use in order to
create an artwork which also needs a resourceful thinking. Itt means being
exceptional.

3. Galing - the word "galing" is somehow refers to the capabality of an individual or

skill to make an art / artworks.

4. Bihasa - means being accustomed and skillful just like the word "galing", they are
pretty similar to each other.

5. Sanay - "sanay" literally means being "used to". But in creating an art, it means
that an individual is profecient in creating an artwork. It is expert / cognoscente
(noun.).

Activity 1.2 Bring Out Your Resourcefulness and Creativity

Traditional art media include pencils, crayons, watercolor, papers, scissors and a lot
more of materials usually used in school. Young students have learned to draw and to
create artworks from these materials. Some students excelled with the use of these
materials but there are others who can do better with non-traditional art materials.
These materials can be accessed and can be acquired free from the surroundings. There is
no need to purchase them from a bookstore. It all depends on one’s resourcefulness and
creativity.

One is resourceful if one has the ability to find quick and clever ways to get art
materials from one’s surroundings. One is creative if one can use his or her imagination in
coming up with an artwork that is considered original and has never been done or
created before. The combination of resourcefulness and creativity can bring out the artist in
everyone.

Enhancing Capability: Selecting Materials and Creation

It is about time for you to put your resourcefulness into good use. Make your
experience as a jump-off point in appreciating the Arts. In this activity, you need to go into
your mind in order to come up with a realistic idea of the kind of artwork that you would
want to have. Write your answer for each column based on the locations found in the
first column of the table.
Kind of Artwork
Location Materials that can be Title and Theme of
that can be Made Artwork
Collected or Created
Riverside Plastic wrappers, plant vases and recycled plastic plant
rocks, plastic bottles, artwork using plastic vases & landcape art
bottle caps, plastic caps made of plastic cups
cups
Rice field Rice,dried leaves,rice Landscape art using Rice-Made landscape
straw, rice husk or rice Canvas (made from
hull, and rice bran. rice and rice straws.

Garbage dump plastic wrappers, handicrafts like DIY recycled

plastic straws, used pencil cases, bags or Handbag, Bottled
paper, bottle caps, sculpture , flowers Pencil Case. Plastic
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plastic bottles, old mad of plastic Flowers mad of

clothes, tin cans, straws Plastic Straws
plastic and
disposable cups

Seashore Seashells,Rocks Sand art and mosaic Seashell Mosaic

Sand (made from sand,
seashells and rocks)

Mountainside *Dried leaves Pottery Art Ceramic Vases and

*Rocks Plates(made from
*Wood clay and designed
*Flowers with flowers and
*Clay leaves

Processing:
1. Which among the five locations were you able to get the greatest number of
kinds of materials?
Garbage dump, compared to the other 4 location, garbage dump consist of tons of
materials and some of it are listed above.
2. Among the locations, which one has the least availability of materials? Why?
Seashore, Compared to other locations we could say that the seashore has the
least availability of materials, cause it only has the availability of 3 materials the sand,
seashells,and rocks that you can find in the seashore.
3. Among the possible artworks that you can create, which one do you think is the most
feasible or doable? Why?
We can say that the posiible artworks that is most feasible or doable are
bottled pencil case. It is because it is easy-to-make, the availability of the materials
especially the main material which is plastic bottle is available and it is supported by
hand-made
Give your understanding of the following terms with reference to non-traditional art
materials:
1. Retaso (textile) - a scrap fabric that exhibits abrasion and sturdiness.
2. Kusot (coconut) - a waste product, usually a dust particles produced by sawing
wood that shows sturdiness and is solid.
3. dayami (rice)- rice straw , hay as it shows carefulness and neatness.
4. May wido (in singing) - exudes vigor and creativity.
5. Pulido (in drawing or painting) - demonstrates creativity and artistic ability.

Assessment
Direction. Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answers on a separate
sheet of paper.

1. Contemporary artworks and styles are created, witnessed and experienced in our
lifetime by artists and style experts catering to .
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a. Baby Boomers c. Millennials

b. Generation Z d. none of the above

2. Art of any form and genre that is produced in our time refers to Art.

a. Contemporary c. Modern
b. Integral d. Temporary

3. The artworks and styles of the past have evolved and have adapted to a
world.
a. dynamic changing c. lethargic weakened
b. inert lifeless d. sluggish stagnant

4. Contemporary Philippine art is an expression of the Filipino artist’s thoughts and

feelings based on their .
a. biases c. experience
b. birth d. indifference

5. Categories of artistic creation and are characterized by similarities in form, style, or

subject matter refers to .
a. gender c. genre
b. generality d. gentile

6. Pop Art is an example of Art.

a. Applied c. Performance
b. Literary d. Visual

7. Literary Art is expressed in .

a. Blog c. Graphic Novel
b. Digi Fiction d. all of the above

8. The fusion of different art disciplines using different styles and media in creating art
refers to Art.
a. Contemporary c. Literary
b. Integral d. Temporary

9. Different factors are imbibed by the artist and are combined to get immersed in the
heart, to get molded in the mind and to be propelled in the hands to create
.
_______
a. a contorted reality c. an artificial realit
b. a pseudo reality d. an expressive reality

10. The element of Contemporary Art that uses and puts together different art
mediums refers to .
a. appropriation c. space
b. hybridity d. technology

11. The distinct feature of Contemporary Philippine Art that reflects the relationships
build around the bonds of community and society refers to nature.
a. communal c. integrative
b. holistic d. multi-focal

12. One is resourceful if he has the ability to find quick and clever ways to get art
materials from one’s surroundings.
One is creative if one can use his or her imagination in coming up with an artwork.
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a. Both statements are FALSE.

b. Both statements are TRUE.
c. The first statement is FALSE, the second statement is TRUE.
d. The first statement is TRUE, the second statement is FALSE .

13. There are established or fixed standards in creating Contemporary Art.

The artist is free to render his artwork with the use of various materials,
traditional or non-traditional.
a. Both statements are FALSE.

b. Both statements are TRUE.

c. The first statement is FALSE, the second statement is TRUE. d.
The first statement is TRUE, the second statement is FALSE.

14. Integrative Art comes in different sizes and shapes, forms and styles as observed in
Junk Art.
Junk Art is a sculptural rendition using discarded or used materials.
a. Both statements are FALSE.
b. Both statements are TRUE.
c. The first statement is FALSE, the second statement is TRUE.
d. The first statement is TRUE, the second statement is FALSE.

15. Intuitive is one of the features of Contemporary Philippine Art.

Appropriation is another feature of Contemporary Philippine Art.
a. Both statements are FALSE.

b. Both statements are TRUE.

c. The first statement is FALSE, the second statement is TRUE.
d. The first statement is TRUE, the second statement is FALSE.