THE FILIPINO

ARTIST
Through time, the artist’s role has
come to mean creating – to create
something that uplift the spirit,
something aesthetically pleasing
and entertaining.
BAYANIHAN
FERNANDO
AMORSOLO
• Painter
• Romanticized
life
• To remind people
of tranquil rural
landscapes.
Under the Mango Tree by
Fernando Amorsolo. 1935
CARLOS “BOTONG”
FRANCISCO
• Drew and
painted genre
paintings
inspired by the
life of his town,
Angono, in
Rizal.
HARANA, 1957
BLOOD COMPACT
As a rule, the Filipino artist’s role
is four-fold:

the personal
the social
the physical
the immaterial
1. The artist expresses
what he or she feels.
 2. The artist expresses
what he or she sees around
him or her.
3. The artist finds a need to
create something useful but
also pleasing to look at.
BURNAY (Clay Pottery of the Ilocos
region)
BANIG (Woven mats of the Visayas
and Mindanao regions)
 4. The artist gives form to
the immaterial, the hidden
truths of the universe and
the spiritual force that
inhabits the world.
The artist is able to refine
us and to elevate our sense
of what is beautiful and
sublime.
An artist reflects the time
and culture of his period
but seen in a different
light.
NICK JOAQUIN

A Manileño
novelist,
playwright,
journalist,
historian, and
essayist.
 NICK JOAQUIN

He started writing under the

pen name of QUIJANO DE
MANILA for the Philippine
Free Press Magazine, and gave
his opinion about the culture
of his time for decades.
 NICK JOAQUIN

The artist is a crusader,

attempting to sway the
viewer to his or her side.
The Filipino artist has become a
social critic, exposing the
inequalities of life, the effects of
urbanization, globaliazation
and neocolonialism, evident in
most contemporary works
today.
The artist has also become an
advocate for what he or she
believes in. He or she creates
an artistic controversy,
thereby becoming an agent of
change.
The Filipino artist is versatile.
He or she creates, not only to
realize his or her personal
fulfilment, but also to express
a point of view.
 He or she is a storyteller,
narrating everyday life or
extraordinary events;
presenting cultures in
different lights; and
recording and preserving
history for future generations
to see.