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Co n t e x t o f
Art
What is Context ?
Context refers to settings, conditions,
circumtances, and occurrencies
affecting production and reception or
audience response to an artwork.
 What is Context ?
It is a set of
background information.
BULUL
contains elements of
sculpture but is not
regarded as such by its
makers and by the people
who continue to find
value in its rich symbolic
functions.
Hiwang Village, Banaue, Ifugao. Bencab Museum

A remarkable Bulul collection

can be viewed in storage at The Bencab Museum
hiwang village, banaue, Ifugao.
in Bagio City also has
Tourist and locals can see
examples of the bulul at the H. a big collection of
Otley Beyer Museum within the bululs.
vicinity.
Gaston Damag’s context is the
exhibition system, either in the
Paris-based artist the gallery of
museum context, under the
domain of Contemporary Art in
the Fine Arts.
He would often utilize
industrial materials and
processes with traditional bulul
imagery to form installations in
museums and galleries in
various part of the world.
In these examples, the bulul
crosses over from the everyday
to the exhibition system, either
as collections in the gallery or
museum context or as material or
subkect matter for a
contemporary artist.
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