Various Contemporary Art

Forms and their Practices

from the various Regions
Specific Objectives:
After using this module, the students should be
able to:
a) Classify various art forms in the Philippines;
b) Identify the different contemporary art forms
and practices or initiatives from the regions;
c) Appreciate contemporary art forms and
practices.
Art
• It is the expression or application of
human creative skill and imagination,
producing works to be appreciated
primarily for their beauty or
emotional power.
Art
• Plays a significant part in the rich
cultural identity of the Philippines. It
mirrors the Filipino people, its
history, its tradition, and the country
as a whole.
Art
• Diverse art forms in the different
parts of the archipelago, when
integrated, will give a clear picture of
what kind of country the Philippines
is and what kind of people the
Filipinos are.
Art
• These art forms developed from the
early times continue to evolve up to
the present. From the ethnic
tradition, it continues to progress to
contemporary art tradition.
 ETHNIC
TRADITIONS
Ethnic Tradition
•Art forms are primarily
influenced by the geographical
locations and experiences of the
Filipinos.
Ethnic Tradition
• In this time, the purpose of arts
is integral to life.
Ethnic Tradition
•Arts reflected the pagan beliefs
and practices, everyday activity
such as fishing and farming, and
specific decorative art pattern to
the community.
 Ethnic Tradition
• Angono
Petroglyphs
Ethnic Tradition
•Angono Petroglyphs
• There are 127 humans and animal
figures engrave on the rock wall
and dated back to circa late
Neolithic.
Ethnic Tradition
•Angono Petroglyphs
•Situated in Binangonan, Rizal.
•Discovered by Carlos “Botong”
Francisco in 1965.
 Ethnic Tradition
• Manunggul Jar
Ethnic Tradition
•Manunggul Jar
• A Burial jar which signifies the
belief of early Filipinos in Life
after Death.
Ethnic Tradition
•Manunggul Jar
• Found in Manunggul cave,
Lipuun Point, Palawan in the early
1960’s.
 Ethnic Tradition
• Banga or Pot
Dance
Ethnic Tradition
•Banga or Pot Dance
• Is the performance of Kalinga of
the Mountain Province of the
Philippines.
Ethnic Tradition
•Banga or Pot Dance
• This dance shows the elegant
grace of Igorot tribe and the skill
and strength of women.
 SPANISH
COLONIAL
TRADITIONS
Spanish Colonial Tradition
•Art forms are primarily
influenced by religion and
secularization.
Spanish Colonial Tradition
• In this time, the Spaniards used
arts to propagate the Catholic
faith.
 Spanish Colonial Tradition
• Langit, Lupa at
Impyerno Painting
Spanish Colonial Tradition
•Langit, Lupa at Impyerno Painting
• Depicts the heaven crucifixion of
Christ; earth, Adan and Eve; and
hell, sinners with different
transgressions.
Spanish Colonial Tradition
•Langit, Lupa at Impyerno Painting
• This painting was dated 1850.
• Artist – Josef Luciano Dans
• Found in St. James the Apostle
Church in Paete, Laguna.
 Spanish Colonial Tradition
• St. Paul
Metropolitan
Cathedral
Spanish Colonial Tradition
• St. Paul Metropolitan Cathedral
• Located in Burgos, Vigan City, Ilocos
Sur.
• Original Structure was built in 1574
and replaced as a church in 1641.
Spanish Colonial Tradition
• St. Paul Metropolitan Cathedral
• This cathedral follows a Baroque
architectural design.
 AMERICAN
COLONIAL AND
CONTEMPORARY
ARTS TRADITIONS
American Colonial and
Contemporary Arts Tradition
• Modern Arts
• Contemporary Arts
American Colonial and
Contemporary Arts Tradition
• Modern Arts
• refers to the practice of arts from
1860’s – 1960’s.
American Colonial and
Contemporary Arts Tradition
• Modern Arts
• The main theme of art works in
this time is National identity.
 Modern Arts
• The Making of
the Philippine
Flag
Modern Arts
• The Making of the Philipphine
Flag
• It shows a reminder of traditions
and customs of the Filipino.
Modern Arts
• The Making of the Philipphine
Flag
• Made by Fernando Amorsolo
“Grand Old Man of the Philippine
Arts” and born in Manila.
 Modern Arts
• Bayanihan
Modern Arts
• Bayanihan
• Dated in 1962.
•Made by Carlos “Botong”
Francisco, born in Angono, Rizal.
Modern Arts
• Bayanihan
• Shows the Filipino’s Bayanihan
• It also shows the distinctive style
of Francisco’s painting that
showcased his mastery in arts.
American Colonial and
Contemporary Arts Tradition
•Contemporary Arts
• refers to the practice of arts from
1970’s to the present.
American Colonial and
Contemporary Arts Tradition
•Contemporary Arts
• It mirrors contemporary culture
and society.
American Colonial and
Contemporary Arts Tradition
•Contemporary Arts
• Diverse and emerging art
practices were being introduce in
this era.
 Contemporary Arts
• Cinco Marias
(Tres Marias
Series)
Contemporary Arts
• Cinco Marias (Tres Marias Series)
• Depicts the variety of domestic
activities.
Contemporary Arts
• Cinco Marias (Tres Marias Series)
• Made by Federico Agular Alcuaz,
born in Santa Cruz, Manila.
 Contemporary Arts
• Arts Installation
in Sand Dune in
Paoay
Contemporary Arts
• Arts Installation in Sand Dune in
Paoay
• Made by Leeroy New, a Philippine
Contemporary artist.
•Born in General Santos City.
Contemporary Arts
• Arts Installation in Sand Dune in
Paoay
• Made for the La Milagrosa Festival
in Ilocos Norte.
Contemporary Arts
• Arts Installation in Sand Dune in
Paoay
• It symbolizes great festivals, feast
and celebrations.
CONTEMPORARY
ART
Contemporary Art
• Contemporary art is the art that
springs out of the present day events
and passion of the society.
• It is developed in the year 1970’s –
present time.
MAJOR ART FORMS
IN THE
PHILIPPINE
CONTEMPORARY
ARTS
Major art forms in the
Philippine Contemporary arts.
• Visual Arts
• Literature
• Music
• Dance
• Architecture
• Film
The Visual arts
•are art forms such as painting,
drawing, printmaking, sculpture,
ceramics, photography, video,
filmmaking, design, crafts, and
architecture.
The Visual arts
• THE HIGANTES OF ANGONO
The Visual arts
• THE HIGANTES OF ANGONO
• By Mailah Balde. The “Higantes” is a
sculpture made of paper-mache. This
paper-mache, in our native town in
Paete, Laguna calls it “taka.” The
“Higantes” measures four to five feet in
diameter and ten to twelve feet in
height.
The Visual arts
• THE HIGANTES OF ANGONO
• The “Higantes” represents “mag-anak”
(family) in the Filipino culture; a father, a
mother, and the children. The “Higantes”
is one of the main attraction in the
annual festival in Angono, Rizal in honor
of St. Clement, patron saint of the fisher
folks held every 23rd of November.
The Visual arts
• THE HIGANTES OF ANGONO
• This art form may have started during
the Spanish colonial time, but, the love
of family among Filipinos have made this
art form a part of the Filipino tradition
and a distinct Philippine contemporary
arts.
Sculpture
• as defined and as practiced in the
Philippine Contemporary arts made use
of different materials like the variety of
woods, metals, and stones. Some
produced creative works using plastics,
jade, brass, and other materials.
 Sculpture
• THE BOHOL BLOOD COMPACT sculpture
Sculpture
• THE BOHOL BLOOD COMPACT
sculpture
• was made by the National Artist,
Napoleon Abueva, a Boholano himself.
Sculpture
• THE BOHOL BLOOD COMPACT
sculpture
• This Sikatuna-Legaspi blood compact is
considered as the First Treaty of
Friendship between two different races,
religions, cultures and civilizations.
Sculpture
• THE BOHOL BLOOD COMPACT
sculpture
• It was a treaty of friendship based on
respect and equality. This event is
commonly known as “Sandugo”.
Sculpture
• THE BOHOL BLOOD COMPACT sculpture
• Today, tourists can reach and view Bohol
Blood Compact site in Barangay Bool,
Tagbilaran City, Bohol, Philippines. This
particular site was made in honor of a very
important event in the Philippine history
done between Miguel Lopez de Legazpi of
Spain and Rajah Sikatuna of Bohol.
Painting
• is the practice of applying pigment
suspended in a carrier and a binding
agent (a glue) to a surface such as
paper, canvass, or wall.
Painting
• Bigas
Painting
• Bigas
•is an artwork of Nestor Leynes. Magic realism
refers to the style in a painting showing minute
details of the subjects and highlighting their
texture and color. Genre painting is showing
the lives of town folks, legends, and traditions
that stayed in the Philippines contemporary
period.
Mural
• is any piece of artwork painted or applied
directly on a wall, ceiling or other
permanent surfaces. A distinguishing
characteristic of mural painting is that the
architectural elements of the given space
are harmoniously incorporated into the
picture.
Mural
• The Filipino Struggles Through History
Mural
• The Filipino Struggles Through History
•Another one of Carlos “Botong” Francisco
great artwork is “The Filipino Struggles
Through History” that has recently been
unveiled for public viewing, after four years
of restoration. This artworks, hailed him the
“greatest muralist” of our country.
Decorative arts
• are arts or crafts whose object is the
design and manufacture of objects that
are both beautiful and functional. It
includes interior design, but not usually
architecture.
Decorative Arts
• Cloth weaving
•One of the most valuable living traditions
that are still preserved until this day is the
cloth weaving.
Decorative Arts
• Cloth weaving
•Beginning in the pre-colonial era, the art
of cloth weaving, particularly of the
Cordillera tribes in the North, still lives
notwithstanding the threat of the more
practical production of fabrics today.
Decorative Arts
• Cloth weaving
•The natives practice blackstrap loom to
create blankets and pieces of clothing.
Cloth weaving
• T'nalak
Cloth weaving
• T'nalak
•a deep brown abaca-based cloth tie-
dyed with intricate designs.
•T'nalak, is a weaving tradition of the
T'boli people of South Cotabato,
Philippines.
Cloth weaving
• T'nalak
•One of the best Filipino craftsmanship
that lives until this present-day.
Cloth weaving
• T'nalak
•The traditional female weavers are
known as dream weavers, because the
pattern of the t'nalak cloth are inspired
by their dreams.
Cloth weaving
• Piña cloth
Cloth weaving
• Piña cloth
•also created through looms
everywhere in the province of Antique.
Cloth weaving
• Piña cloth
•It is a fine and elegant handwoven
fabric that is produced from the fibers
of pineapple plants.
Cloth weaving
• Piña cloth
•It is commonly used in the wellknown
Barong Tagalog, the traditional
Philippine clothes for Filipino men.
Cloth weaving
• Piña cloth
•Barong Tagalog has become a popular
formal attire not only in the Philippines
but even across different regions.
Decorative Arts
• Jewelry making
Decorative Arts
• Jewelry making
•is another demonstration of the skilled
craftsmanship of Filipinos that dates back
during the precolonial period.
Decorative Arts
• Jewelry making
•This is evident in the pictures of our great
ancestors in our history.
•Even then, it is presumed that jewelry making
in the country already exists. The use of gold
or silver in the forms of earrings, bracelets,
rings, brooches, necklaces, tie pins, pendants,
and cuff links.
The Philippine Architecture
• adopted the modern western
architectural style.
The Philippine Architecture
• The Philippine architecture was
characterized as simple, rational, and
functional in the early 20th century of the
young Filipinos who studied in American
universities and institutes were back to the
country and brought changes in the
Philippine architecture.
The Philippine Architecture
• Among them were: Juan Arellano,
Carlos Barreto, and Antonio Toledo.
And one of the structures built during
this period was the Metropolitan
Theater.
The Philippine Architecture
• Metropolitan
Theater
The Philippine Architecture
• Metropolitan
Theater
The Philippine Architecture
•Las Casas
Philippine
Houses
Filipino
Architecture
The Philippine Architecture
• Tsalet
•type of house developed in the early
2oth century designed with a front
porch made of wood and concrete.
The Philippine Architecture
• Tsalet
•During this time, steel was used in
buildings as protection for calamities
like earthquake.
The Philippine Architecture
• During the Marcos era, there had been
construction of expressways,
convention centers, hospitals, hotels,
malls, high-rise buildings, amusement
centers, etc.
The Philippine Architecture
• All these comes with technological
advancements like escalators,
elevators, air-conditioning systems,
computers, etc.
The Philippine Architecture
•Vigan, Ilocos
Sur,
Philippines
The Philippine Architecture
• In the regional set up, residential
houses, churches, public markets,
business space tend to imitate the
architectural styles in the urban.
The Philippine Architecture
• Theme parks and resorts were
developed in tourist spots like
Palawan, Davao, Bohol, Batangas, etc.
The Philippine Architecture
• Given cultural heritage preservation,
heritage towns like Vigan, Intramuros,
Dapitan, etc. were given attention.
Literature
• Is any body or collection of written
work.
Literature
• More restrictively, literature to writing
considered to be an art form or any
single writing deemed to have artistic
or intellectual value, and sometimes
deploys language in ways that differ
from ordinary usage.
Bagay
• is a form of poetry that uses colloquial
language and is built on concrete
images which tend to describe
tendencies.
Bagay
• The “Bagay” movement were group of
young poets that emerged during the
contemporary period in the publications of
campus journals. Poets Jose F. Lacaba,
Rolando Tinio, Bienvenido Lumbera,
Antonio Samsaon, and Edmundo Martinez
started this the Bagay movement.
 Valediction sa Hillcrest
by: Rolando Tinio’s
Nagkacollect ng Railway Express sa aking things
(Deretso na iyon sa barko while I take the plane.)
Inakyat kong muli ang N-311, at dahil dead of winter,
Nakatopcoat at galoshes akong
Nagright-turn sa N wing ng mahabang dilim
(Tunnel yatang aabot hanggang Tundo.)
Kinapa ko ang switch sa hall.Sa isang pitik,
nagshrink ang imaginary tunnel,Nagparang ataol.
 Valediction sa Hillcrest
by: Rolando Tinio’s
Or catacomb.
Strangely absolute ang impression
Ng hilera ng mga pintong nagpuprusisyon:
Individual identification, parang mummy cases,
De-nameplate, de-numero, de-hometown address.
Antiseptic ang atmosphere, streamlined yet.
Kung hindi catacomb, at least
E filing cabinet.
Valediction sa Hillcrest
•Valediction sa Hillcrest by Rolando S.
Tinio was a poem about a person
having a dilemma to decide between
two places, Tondo and New York and
how it affects his whole being.
Ang Bayang Malaya
•Amado V. Hernandez introduced
another form of poetry inserting
national consciousness to bagay
poetry through his work “Ang Bayang
Malaya.”
Ang Bayang Malaya
•The poem “Ang Bayang Malaya” is a
long narrative piece about a peasant
leader.
Ang Bayang Malaya
•Oppression and fighting for human rights
are the main themes of this piece. In the
succeeding poems developed by Filipino
poets, the influence of Amado V.
Hernandez was evident. Social protest and
social realism became the theme of the
poems. Protest poetry proliferated.
Spoken Word Poetry
•In the 21st century, a modern poetry
from unknown writers use tagalog
language and become popular in the
social media, it is called “spoken word
poetry.”
Spoken Word Poetry
Spoken Word
•is a poetic performance art that is
word-based. It is an oral art that
focuses on the aesthetics of word
play such as intonation and voice
inflection.
Music
•During the early American period,
the music of the country is mostly
classical due to the influence of the
European.
Music
•It was in the 1960 that avant-garde
music emerged into a combination of
classical, traditional or ethnic music.
Music
•As time goes by the introduction of
radio, film, and other entertainment
technology. The theatre music
gradually declined, however the
rondallas or the string band remain
even up to the present.
Music
•Philippine music continuously
evolved, and Pinoy Pop or Filipino
pop music took place. Pinoy pop
covers different forms like jazz, dance
hits, folksong, revival, rock and roll,
rap, etc.
Music
• With the development of Pinoy pop,
Manila sound was born. This music is
Western-derived with English lyrics
but with pure Filipino spirit. Later on
the Original Pilipino Music (OPM)
became popular.
Music
• The OPM was followed by another
form of popular music called
“alternative music” influenced by folk
balladeers.
Alternative Music
• This type of music sprouted out of
protest that later on included themes
like Filipino values, political and
environmental concerns, and other
societal themes.
Alternative Music
• Some examples of alternative music
are: Freddie Aguilar’s “Anak,” Herbert
Bautistas “Tayo’y Mga Pinoy,” and
Florante De Leon’s “Ako ay Pilipno.”
Music
• In the establishment of Cultural
Center of the Philippines (CCP)
Filipino music as well as Filipino
artists were given importance.
Music
• There were provincial councils
established which preserve the
traditional music and innovate
Philippine music.
Music
• Indigenous music continuously
thrives and spread in different
localities.
Music
• Local composers continuously create
vernacular songs. Moreover, local
festivals like the Las Pinas Bamboo
organ was established.
Theatre or theater
• is a collaborative form of performing
art that uses live performers, typically
actors or actresses, to present the
experience of a real or imagined
event before a live audience in a
specific place, often a stage.
Theatre or theater
• The performers may communicate
this experience to the audience
through combinations of gesture,
speech, song, music, and dance.
Theatre or theater
• Elements of art, such as painted
scenery and stagecraft such as
lighting are used to enhance the
physicality, presence and immediacy
of the experience.
Theatre or theater
• In the Philippines, the American
introduced the “bodabil” or stage show,
however during that time it was
composed mainly of songs, dances and
skits. It was only during the Japanese
period when “bodabil” included short
melodrama.
Theatre or theater
• Another presentational style of stage plays
highlights discussion of social ideas since
realistic portrayal is prohibited during the
Marcos regime. This style made use of dance,
song, and mime to summon the ideas from the
audience. An example of this is the “Theater of
the Oppression” by Augusto Boal. The
documentary style followed which tend to
discuss historical events “Mayo-A-Beinte Uno” of
Al Santos.
Dance
• Philippine dance has played a tremendous role in
Filipino culture. From one of the oldest dated
dances called the Tinikling, to other folkloric
dances such as the Pandanggo, Cariñosa, and
Subli, and even to more modern-day dances like
the ballet, it is no doubt that dance in the
Philippine setting has integrated itself in society
over the course of many years and is significantly
imbedded in culture.
Dance
•Each of these dances originated in a
unique way and serve a certain
purpose, showcasing how diverse
Philippine dances are.
Dance
• Tinikling
Dance
• Tinikling
• is a traditional Philippine folk dance
which originated during the Spanish
colonial era.
Dance
• Tinikling
• The dance involves two people beating,
tapping, and sliding bamboo poles on
the ground and against each other in
coordination with one or more dancers
who step over and in between the poles
in a dance.
Tinikling
Dance
• Cariñosa
Dance
• Cariñosa
•is a Philippine dance of colonial era origin
from the Maria Clara suite of Philippine
folk dances, where the fan or
handkerchief plays an instrumental role
as it places the couple in romance
scenario.
Cariñosa