UNIT 4: National

Artists in the
Philippines
 National Artists in the Philippines
❑ Established in 1972, the National Artist Awards (NAA) remains to
be the highest award-giving body in the Philippine art scene.
❑ Being a recipient of the award does not just mean that your
artwork is aesthetically pleasing, but rather, that you are also a
significant cultural icon in the Philippines.
❑ The award is conferred every three years through a rigorous
deliberation and selection process jointly facilitated by two major
cultural offices, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts
and the Cultural Center of the Philippines.
Remember me!
❑ NAA was established in 1972 under Presidential Decree No. 1001 issued
by then President.
❑ Ferdinand Marcos. The first recipient was Fernando Amorsolo , who was
conferred the award posthumously.
Works of National Artists in Public Spaces: A Look at UP Diliman
The iconic school symbol is based on the Oblation
(1935) a sculptural work by the classically trained
sculptor Guillermo Tolentino (awarded 1973) depicting
a male nude with arms outstretched as a gesture of
sacrifice and freedom.
Abdulmari Asia Imao
calligraphic work done in the ‘80s (awarded
2006) at the sculpture garden of the Vargas
Museum is one of the largest public sculptures
he made
Benedicto Cabrera
(awarded 2006) iconic Variations of Sabel
(2015) made of aluminum sheets can also be
found at the UP Theater.
Jose Joya (awarded 2003)
Barter of Panay (1978) is rendered in the
Abstract Expressionist style and consists of soft,
overlapping planes of black, white, orange,
brown, and golden yellow.
Napoleon Abueva (awarded
1976)
Spirit of Business (1979) seems to be drawn
from science fiction, composed of a metal disk
with sharp-looking poles jutting through it.
Church of the Holy Sacrifice in UP Diliman
 Leandro Locsin’s (awarded
1990)
❑ Architectural vision that drew inspiration
from the spirit of the times.
❑ Reminiscent of a flying saucer, the
spherical structure indicated a keen
interest in space travel; and the
advancements in science and technology
in the1950s.
Lesson 2: Traditions
and Collaborative
Works of National
Artists
Prepared: Nasrodhen E. Yusop
Manuel Conde Carlos V. Francisco
Genghis Khan (1950)
Pedro Penduko
A Portrait of the Artist as
Filipino (1950)
“An artwork and an artists are not confined in its own world
but rather, in collaboration with the works of other artists
and accountable to the public sphere.”

social dimension
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MARS MERCURY VENUS JUPITER

Despite being red, Mars is Mercury is the closest Venus has a beautiful Jupiter is a gas giant and
actually a cold place. It’s planet to the Sun and the name and is the second the biggest planet in our
full of iron oxide dust, smallest one in our Solar planet from the Sun. Its Solar System. It’s the
which gives the planet it System—it’s only a bit atmosphere is extremely fourth-brightest object in
reddish cast larger than our Moon poisonous the sky
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 EXAMPLES
MARS SATURN
Mars is actually a cold Saturn is a gas giant,
place. The planet is full of composed mostly of
iron oxide dust hydrogen and helium

VENUS MERCURY
Venus has a beautiful Mercury is the closest
name and is the second planet to the Sun and the
planet from the Sun smallest one

JUPITER NEPTUNE
Jupiter is the Neptune is the
fourth-brightest object in fourth-largest planet in
the sky our Solar System
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MERCURY
Mercury is the closest
planet to the Sun

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SATURN
Saturn is the ringed
one and a gas giant
TOPIC DATA
Mercury

Pluto

If you want to modify this graph, click on it,

follow the link, change the data and replace it
 EXAMPLES
MARS SATURN
Mars is actually a cold Saturn is a gas giant,
place. The planet is full of composed mostly of
iron oxide dust hydrogen and helium

VENUS MERCURY
Venus has a beautiful Mercury is the closest
name and is the second planet to the Sun and the
planet from the Sun smallest one

JUPITER NEPTUNE
Jupiter is the Neptune is the
fourth-brightest object in fourth-largest planet in
the sky our Solar System
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WORKSHOP 10,899
MERCURY
Mercury is the closest
planet to the Sun

23%
SATURN
Saturn is the ringed
one and a gas giant
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