INTRODUCTION TOCONTEMPORARY

PHILIPPINE ARTS
The Creation of Adam (Michelangelo)
 DIFFERENCE

modern contemporary
Produced during the 1880s- Produced by artists living
Historical 1970s (1928-1970) today

Stylistic social realism

neorealism

Cultural context of today

context during the 1880s-
1970s (1928-1970)
Art of the present-continuously
in process and in flux
Referred to as traditional
WHAT IS CONTEMPORARY ART?

CONTEMPORARY ART
Is a work of artists who
are living in the twenty-
first century
CONTEMPORARY ART

mirrors contemporary culture and

society, offering teachers, students,
and general audiences a rich
resource through which to consider
current ideas and rethink the familiar
CONTEMPORARY ART

Diverse and
eclectic
CONTEMPORARY ART

The work of contemporary artists is a

dynamic combination of materials,
methods, concepts, and subjects that
challenge traditional boundaries and
defy easy definition.
CONTEMPORARY ART

contemporary art is
distinguished by the very lack
of a uniform organizing
principle, ideology, or -ism.
 Minimalism and Pop Art, two
major art movements of the
early 1960s, offer clues to the
different directions of art in the
late 20th and 21st century.
Minimalism – “literal art” a
movement in art, music, etc. in
which only the simplest design,
forms are used, often
repetitiously
Minimalist objects are spare
geometric forms, often made
from industrial processes and
materials, which lack surface
details, expressive markings,
and any discernible meaning.
 Pop Art took its subject matter from
low-brow sources like comic books and
advertising. Like Minimalism, its use of
commercial techniques eliminated
emotional content implied by the
artist's individual approach, something
that had been important to the
previous generation of modern
painters