CONTEMPORARY PHILIPPINE ARTS FROM THE REGIONS

INTEGRATIVE ART
AS APPLIED TO
CONTEMPORARY ART
LESSON 1
SOCIAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT
Higher School ng UMak
INTEGRATIVE ART AS APPLIED TO CONTEMPORARY ART

LESSON OBJECTIVES:

 define contemporary arts in the Philippine context;

 describe various contemporary art forms and their
practices from the various regions; and
 classify various art forms found in the country.
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ETYMOLOGY:

ART
Latin word "ars" which means skill.
Therefore, it is synonymous with skill, cunning, artifice, and craft, which
all mean the faculty of what is devised.
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ART
IS A WAY TO COMMUNICATE IDEAS
POLITICALLY SPIRITUALLY PHILOSOPHICALLY
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WHAT IS
ART?
Art is a diverse range of human activity
and resulting product that involves
creative or imaginative talent
expressive of technical proficiency,
beauty, emotional power, or conceptual
ideas (Wikipedia, Art 2021).
FUNCTIONS
OF ART
INTEGRATIVE ART AS APPLIED TO CONTEMPORARY ART

PERSONAL FUNCTION
• Every artist has their personal
reasons for indulging in art.
• Others do their thing because of
their passion for their respective
art forms.
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SOCIAL FUNCTION
• As a social being and how he
associates with his fellow
beings.
• Individuals and their society are
dynamically related.
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ECONOMIC FUNCTION
• Several people believe that venturing into
the arts is not lucrative. However, this belief
is invalidated by these facts.
• For example, Carlos "Botong" Francisco
sold his artwork "Camote Digger" at Php
22.1 million in 2017 and 23.4 million in 2019.
At the same time, Fernando Amorsolo was
able to sell his art piece "Lavanderas" at
Php 21.5 million in 2015.
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POLITICAL FUNCTION
• Political figures use art as a platform to
promote their programs and advocacy.
• For example, Imelda Romualdez-
Marcos, the former first lady and
patroness of the arts, became Metro
Manila's governor, and through the arts,
she promoted her political programs.
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HISTORICAL FUNCTION
• Architectural works, sculptures,
paintings, and other art forms serve to
record historical figures and events.
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CULTURAL FUNCTION
• Buildings, furniture (chairs, tables, etc.),
clothes, and the like form part of the
country's material culture.
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RELIGIOUS FUNCTION
• Almost all art forms, if not completely,
originated from religion.
• For example, many people in olden
times worshiped their gods in songs
and dances.
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PHYSICAL FUNCTION
• Houses and other buildings are
constructed to protect their occupants
and all others inside them.
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AESTHETIC FUNCTION
• Artworks serve to
beautify. The
capacity of artwork to
elicit pleasure or
displeasure when
appreciated or
experienced
aesthetically is its
purpose.
CLASSIFICATION
OF ARTS
 CLASSIFICATION OF ARTS
ARTS

PERFORMING MEDIA VISUAL LITERARY

Theater Installation Art Painting Poetry

Dance Film/Cinema Sculpture Prose

Computer/Digital
Music Crafts
Art

Opera
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PERFORMING ARTS
• This classification consists
of an art form that refers to
public performance
events that occur mainly in
the theater.
• It moves in time and space
and usually involves a
group of people.

LEA SALONGA performing ON MY OWN [Les Misérables]

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MEDIA ARTS
• The Standards define media
arts as “a unique medium of
artistic expression that can
amplify and integrate traditional
art forms (literature, painting,
sculpture, and music) by
incorporating the technological
advances of the contemporary
world. DEKADA ‘70 OFFICIAL TRAILER [2002]
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VISUAL ARTS
• Unique expressions of
ideas, beliefs, experiences,
and feelings presented in
well-designed visual forms.

• Refers to creative art that

is intended to be
appreciated by sight.
Dalagang Bukid by Fernando Amorsolo
The UP Oblation by Guillermo Tolentino
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LITERARY ARTS
• It is both oral and written
work characterized by
expressive or imaginative
writing, nobility of thoughts,
universality, and timeliness.
ART MOVEMENT
AND STYLES
 ART MOVEMENT AND STYLES

What is an Art Movement?

• An Art Movement is a distinct artistic style,
technique, or trend that maps a particular
period of cultural development in the history
of art.
• Grouping artists of similar interests or styles
into Art Movements is mainly a characteristic
of Western Art.
• Art Movements are essentially a 20th-century
development when there was a greater
variety of styles than at any other period in
the history of art.
 ART MOVEMENT AND STYLES

1. IMPRESSIONISM
• Impressionism developed in France
in the 19th century and is based on the
practice of painting out of doors
and spontaneously 'on the spot'
rather than in a studio from sketches.
• Main impressionist subjects were
landscapes and scenes of everyday
life.
Claude Monet, Haystacks, (Sunset), 1890–1891,
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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2. POST IMPRESSIONISM
• The Post Impressionists were a few
independent artists at the end of the 19th
century who rebelled against the
limitations of Impressionism.
• They developed a range of personal
styles that focused on the emotional,
structural, symbolic, and spiritual elements
that they felt were missing from
Impressionism.

Vincent Van Gogh, The Starry Night, June 1889. Museum of Modern Art, New York
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3. CUBISM
• Cubism was a revolutionary new approach
to representing reality invented in around
1907–08 by artists Pablo Picasso and
Georges Braque.
• They brought different views of subjects
(usually objects or figures) together in the
same picture, resulting in paintings that
appear fragmented and abstracted.

Pablo Picasso, Girl before a Mirror, 1932, Oil on canvas

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4. FAUVISM
• Fauvism is the name applied to the
work produced by a group of artists
(which included Henri Matisse and
André Derain) from around 1905 to
1910, which is characterized by
strong colors and fierce
brushwork.

André Derain – The Turning Road at L’Estaque, 1906 (oil on canvas)

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5. EXPRESSIONISM
• Expressionism refers to art in which
the image of reality is distorted in
order to make it expressive of the
artist's inner feelings or ideas.

Vincent Van Gogh,

The Starry Night, June 1889.
Edvard Munch, The Scream, 1893
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6. DADAISM
• A form of artistic anarchy born out of
disgust for the social, political, and cultural
values of the time. The movement was, among
other things, a protest against the barbarism
of the war.
• Dadaism's main purpose was to challenge the
social norms of society, and purposefully make
art that would shock, confuse, or outrage
people. It thrived on counterattacking
everything conventional in society.
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7. SURREALISM
• Art movement in the 20th century that
explored the hidden depths of the
'unconscious mind'. The Surrealists
rejected the rational world.
• They sought a new kind of reality, a
heightened reality that they called
'surreality', which was found in the world
of images drawn from their dreams and
imagination.
The Persistence of Memory, Salvador Dali, 1931
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8. POP ART
• Pop art is a movement that
emerged in the mid-20th century
in which artists incorporated
commonplace objects—comic
strips, soup cans, newspapers,
and more—into their work. The
Pop art movement aimed to
solidify the idea that art can draw
from any source, and there is no
hierarchy of culture to disrupt this.
 WHAT IS
CONTEMPORARY
ART?
 WHAT IS CONTEMPORARY ART?

CONTEMPORARY ART
• Contemporary art refers to art— Elmer Borlongan:
“Quiapo”, 2004
namely, painting, sculpture,
photography, installation,
performance, and video art—
produced today.
• This time period typically refers to
the second half of the 20th century Mark Justiniani:
“Ang Hari”, 1998
and onwards into the 21st century.
CHARACTERISTICS OF
CONTEMPORARY ART
 CHARACTERISTICS OF CONTEMPORARY ART

1. NOT CONFINED ON MUSEUMS

• Contemporary art is not
confined to museums but can
also be found in galleries, art
schools, side streets, and
public spaces like train or
bus stations, shopping
centers, or parks.
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2. SELLING CONTEMPORARY ARTS

BECOMES MORE ACCESSIBLE
• Since artists post their works Art Auction
online, some only intend to
display their works in a
particular setting and for a
given time.

Online art gallery

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3. CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS ARE

SELF-TAUGHT
• Many contemporary artists
are self-taught and did not
have formal education.
• They are more flexible in
using different kinds of
materials.
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4. ORIGINALITY IS NOT AN ISSUE

• An artist can get another
artist's work and add to
it, redesign, or interpret
it using other materials.

Mideo Cruz’s LordDigs and

Our Lady of Mendiola
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5. NEW MEDIUMS ARE WELCOME

• Some contemporary
artists employ the help
of fabricators,
carpenters, electricians,
or welders in
"constructing" their
artworks.
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6. PROCESS OF MAKING IS ESSENTIAL

• What is essential to
contemporary artists is the
process of art-making.
• It is the experience, for
example, of dipping one's
hands into a pail of paint
and making markings on a
flat surface that matters to
the contemporary artist.
ASSIGNMENT:
CONTEMPORARY ART IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD
This output is 50 points.
Roam around your neighborhood and look for 5 Contemporary
Art. Take a picture of it and paste it into the template. Write the
following information for each piece of contemporary art you find:
a. name of the artwork;
b. location where you see it;
c. short description for each for about 2 to 3 sentences long; and
d. function of art it serves.