Contemporary arts of the

Philippines
Contemporary arts of the Philippines

:Pambansang Alagad
ng Sining ng Pilipinas
The National Artist of the Arts is a
title given to Filipinos who have
achieved the highest recognition
for significant contributions to the
development of the Filipino arts:
Music, Dance, Theater, Fashion,
Architecture, and Cultural Arts.
Contemporary arts of the Philippines

Philippine National Artists

 Architecture  Cinema
 Fashion Design  Literature
 Visual Arts  Theater Design
 Dance  Historical Literature
 Music  Theater
Philippine National Artists
The Most Famous Filipino Artists and their
Masterworks
The Most Famous Filipino Artists and their
Masterworks

Fernando Amorsolo
 Fernando Amorsolo y Cueto (b. 1892, d.
1972) was the Philippines’ first National
Artist and is officially recognized as the
“Grand Old Man of Philippine Art”.
 He is best known for his craftsmanship
and mastery in the use of light.
‘The Fruit Gatherer’
The Most Famous Filipino Artists and their
Masterworks
José Joya
 Filipino artist Jose T. Joya is best known for
his abstract paintings of harmonious colors
inspired by Philippine tropical landscapes.
 He was a multimedia artist who painted
and designed ceramic plates, tiles, and
‘Granadean Arabesque’’
vessels and was a printmaker.
The Most Famous Filipino Artists and their
Masterworks

Pacita Abad
 Pacita's painting is characterized by
vibrant color, constant change,
experimentation and development.
 Her early paintings were primarily socio-
political works of people, primitive masks, Alkaff bridge
underwater scenes and tropical flowers.
The Most Famous Filipino Artists and their
Masterworks

Ang Kiukok
 Ang Kiukok was a Filipino painter known for
his expressive, Cubist-like works and was a
National Artist for Visual Arts.
 He often chose dynamic or disturbing
subject matter, frequently depicting rabid
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dogs, crucifixions, and screaming figures in
an abstracted geometric style.
The Most Famous Filipino Artists and their
Masterworks

Benedicto Cabrera
 Benedicto Reyes Cabrera, better known as
"BenCab", is a Filipino painter and was
awarded National Artist of the Philippines for
Visual Arts in 2006.
 He is recognised as a pioneer of Philippine art. ‘Sabel in Blue’
The Most Famous Filipino Artists and their
Masterworks

Kidlat Tahimik
 Kidlat Tahimik means “silent lightning”, is an
artist in many disciplines and a creative
force in his community.
 Eric Oteyza de Guia, better known as Kidlat
Tahimik, is a film director, writer and actor Murtaza Vali
whose films are commonly associated with
the Third Cinema movement through their
critiques of neocolonialism.
 The Most Famous Filipino Artists and their
Masterworks

Eduardo Masferré
 Eduardo Masferré was a Filipino-Catalan
photographer who made important documentary
reports about the lifestyle of native people in the
region of the Cordillera in the Philippines at the
middle of 20th century.
 He is regarded as the Father of Philippine ‘Sagada’
photography.
The Most Famous Filipino Artists and their
Masterworks

Agnes Arellano
 Agnes Arellano is a Philippine sculptor known for
her surrealistic sculptural groupings.
 Her works focus on feminist issues and show
how women are traditionally portrayed by
reinterpreting local myths. ‘Carcass-Cornucopia
" It is the richness of memory
which we must always
nourish"
-Resil B. Mojares
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