PHILIPPINE ART IN THE

MODERN ERA
Modern Art in the Philippines
 It has evolved into wide variety of
expressions and medium turning the
country into a situation of creative
upheavals.
 It is a search for a new.
 It is doing what no one has done
before.
Modern Art in the Philippines
 The modern Filipino has more freedom to
explore on his own.
 The most interesting works of our
contemporary artist show his love for
country and evolving culture.
 His style is from cross-cultural exposures in
the Eastern and Western world yet he has
not forgotten his Filipino roots.
Modern Art in the Philippines
 The forms maybe universal but the
content is local.
 Many artist use color for their
emotional rather than intellectual
values.
Some Philippine Artists
 Jose T. Joya
 Vicente Manansala
 Napoleon Abueva
 Carlos “Botong” Francisco
 Mauro Malang Santos
 Hernando R. Ocampo
 Prudencio L. Lamarrosa
Jose T. Joya
 National Artist, Visual Arts, 2003 (1995)
 Foremost Filipino Abstract painter
 He said “ Its useless to try to make out
familiar objects in my paintings”.
 How he paints is, “I squeeze my paint tubes
directly throw my paints is calculated
gestures, swirl my loaded brushes, slash my
paint paste with spatula and hurl it on my
canvass in a wild attempt to depict the on-
rushing tempo of the present jet-age
modernity.
Vicente Manansala
 National Artist, Visual Arts, 1981
 Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread
 He invested each human figure with
inner fortitude, making each one a
stoic figure of human dignity.
Napoleon Abueva
 National Artist, Sculpture,
 Foremost modern sculptor today
 He produced towering abstract in metal ,
steel and wood.
 Allegorical Harpoon
 Its memorable, swivel piece pegged to its
rifle-shaped horizontal torso, impresses with
its elegant but enigmatic appearance.
Carlos “Botong” Francisco
 National Artist, Sculpture, 1969
 Foremost Filipino Muralist
 He contributed towards developing a Filipino
imagery drawing inspiration from customs
and traditions of the people.
 He used the people of Angono, where he
lived, as models for his paintings of heroes
and legends and characters of our myths.
Mauro Malang Santos
 He shows highly original approach to
figurative paintings.
 A large plant stands in the midst of the
urban landscape.
Hernando R. Ocampo
 National Artist, Visual Arts, 1978
 As a neorealist, he aimed to de-emphasize
a life-like representation with the natural
world.
 He was interested in how shapes, values,
textures and lines interact with the one
another in space rather than in capturing a
realistic semblance of nature.
Prudencio L. Lamarrosa
 Amburayan Princess is an example of
Lamarrosa’s intellectual approach to
paintings.
 He is different from the artist of his
generation because of his intellectual
detachment amid all the-ill effects of
technology on the world environment.
Roberto Rodriguez Chabet
(2013)-76
 Shanghai is only work that does not have a
drop of paint on the surface.
 It is an assemblage.
 Father of the Philippine Conceptual art
 His guiding principles are traceable to cubism
and dadaism.
 From cubism has come the emphasis on art
as concept rather than skill.
 From Dadaism has come the delight in ready-
made objects as part of the artistic activity.
Ibarra de la Rosa
 Intramuros creates a symphony of
colors. (KULAYDIWA, DIMASALANG)
 The subject gives him the basic
pattern that allows him to see the
effect of different color combinations-
how essentially the same scene could
bring out a different mood, an ever
changing feeling.