Contemporary Arts : Philippines & its Regions Josefino Tulabing Larena, AB, CPS,CPE,MPA K to 12 Program SHS

1. The Contemporary Arts
Philippines and its Regions

2. Objectives
• Describe the characteristics of contemporary arts
• Identify the subject matter and different styles
• Explain how different materials are used in art –
making
• Make a contemporary artwork

3. Contemporary Arts
• A STATEMENT THAT AN ARTIST
MAKES ABOUT
LIFE,THOUGHTS,IDEAS,BELIEFS
AND MANY OTHER THINGS THAT
DEFINE HUMAN LIFE

4. History
• First, one needs to be clear about what the
term contemporary art has come to mean. It is
generally defined as referring to "work created
after World War II." As it's used by critics,
curators, and teachers, however, it really refers
only to work that is considered avant-garde, or
cutting-edge. In particular, it means abstract work
and the various postmodernist genres, from "Pop
art" to "installation" and "performance art."

5. Malliarium
• A true work of art can often speak for itself and
releases its true artistic meaning just by looking at it.
The Spoliarium, which is often misspelled as
‘Spolarium’ truly exceeds the given definition of art.
The Spoliarium, which was painted by Juan Luna, is
considered one of the most internationally renowned
pieces of modern Filipino art. Luna submitted his
painting to the Exposición Nacional de Bellas Artes in
1884 which received a gold medal. Later on the
year 1886, it was then sold to the Diputación Provincial
de Barcelona for 20,000 pesetas. The Spoliarium, which
is one of the Philippines pride, now hangs in the main
gallery of the National Museum of the Philippines and
is the first painting to greet museum visitors.

6. Spoliarium Painting by Juan Luna

7. Detail of the killed gladiator in the
Spoliarium

8. Juan Luna
• Juan Novicio Luna (October 23, 1857 –
December 7, 1899) was
a Filipino painter, sculptor and a political
activist of the Philippine
Revolution during the late 19th century.
He became one of the first recognized
Philippine artists.
• His winning the gold medal in the 1884
Madrid Exposition of Fine Arts, along
with the silver win of fellow Filipino
painter Félix Resurrección Hidalgo,
prompted a celebration which was a
major highlight in the memoirs of
members of the Propaganda Movement,
with the fellow Ilustrados toasting to the
two painters' good health and to the
brotherhood between Spain and the
Philippines.

9. • Dubbed Malliarium, the
collaborative work will span
more than 7 meters across
the CCP’s Little Theater
Lobby. As of production
time, the mural’s “digital
plate” has taken over one
gigabyte of hard disk space
to process on a Mac G4 and
Pentium 3, with 17 artists
working together across
varying platforms mostly
through networks.
• eArt members plan out the
Malliarium at the CCP Little
Theater Lobby (L-R) Mario
Parial, Rosscapili, Heber
Bartolome, (top) Nelson
Viterbo, Ige Ramos, Fatima
Lasay, Benjie Cabangis,
(bottom) Ronnie Millevo,
Jose Tence Ruiz, George
Cabig and Art Suarez.

10. Contemporary Arts in Dumaguete City

11. Contemporary Arts in Dumaguete City

12. The Characteristics of Contemporary
Art
• Many contemporary
artists are self –taught
and did not have formal
education.
• Originality is not issue
in contemporary art.An
artist can get another
artist’s work and add to
it, redesign or interpret
it using other materials.
• For Example Negros
/Siquijor Artist Daryl
Cuaresma

13. Anthony FerminAnthony Fermin, who was born in Pasay and
grew up in Cebu, is well known for his
Hanover, Berlin exhibits in 2000 and various
exhibits in the Philippines and around the
world. In 2009 he was commissioned by a
Lady German, an art enthusiast to do 25
paintings for Atmosphere Resort in
Dumaguete City. 2000 Expo Ostrich Egg
Exhibit Project to help the poor African
children-Hanover, Germany, 2009: Looking
for Juan in California. The Athenaeum San
Diego, California USA and same work at the
Cultural Center of the Philippines CANVAS
PROJECT, Manila. For Community Projects, he
has done the 2010 Art Workshop for
homeless kids, Bantayan, Dumaguete City,
2005 Parfund Christmas Card project to help
the schooling of farmers children. 2005
Menoppose: Art for a cause to help the
women who are victims of prostitution and
1999 Children South Africa Art for a cause to
help poor African children.

14. Subject matter and style in
Contemporary Art
• Subject matter in contemporary art is not
confined to representations of human figures
and landscapes. The favourite subjects in
contemporary art are children ,women or
the environment, such as the late artist Muffet
Villegas Flora and Fauna.
• In some artworks, the subject matter is not
easily recognized, If the artwork is an
experiment on technique ,the subject matter
is the technique itself.

15. Muffet Villegas
• In others such as those in
conceptual arts,the
viewer has to engage in
thinking and exploring
the meaning of the
artwork. Some artworks
are intended to make a
statement about an issue
so the viewer is guided
by a written explanation.

16. Abstract Expressionism
• Abstract expressionism
is a post–World War II
art movement in
American painting,
developed in New York
in the 1940s. It was the
first specifically
American movement to
achieve international
influence and put New
York City at the center
of the western art
world, a role formerly
filled by Paris.

17. Kinetic Arts
• Art from any medium
that contains movement
perceivable by the viewer
or depends on motion
for its effect. Canvas
paintings that extend the
viewer's perspective of
the artwork and
incorporate
multidimensional
movement are the
earliest examples of
kinetic art

18. Op Art
• a form of abstract art
that gives the illusion
of movement by the
precise use of pattern
and colour, or in which
conflicting patterns
emerge and overlap.
Bridget Riley and Victor
Vasarely are its most
famous exponents.

19. Performing Arts
• form of art in
which artists use their
voices and/or their bodies,
often in relation to other
objects, to convey
artistic expression. It is
different from visual arts,
which is when artists use
paint/canvas or various
materials to create physical
or static art objects.

20. Environment Art
• a range of artistic
practices
encompassing both
historical approaches
to nature in art and
more recent
ecological and
politically motivated
types of works.

21. Feminist Art
• The feminist
art movement refers to
the efforts and
accomplishments
of feminists
internationally to
produce art that
reflects women's lives
and experiences, as
well as to change the
foundation for the
production and
reception of
contemporary art.

22. Minimalism
• Minimalism describes
movements in various
forms of art and design,
especially visual art and
music, where the work is
set out to expose the
essence, essentials or
identity of a subject
through eliminating all
non-essential forms,
features or concepts.

23. Video Arts
• Video art is an art form
which relies on moving
pictures in a visual and audio
medium. Video art came
into existence during the late
1960s and early 1970s as
new consumer video
technology became available
outside corporate
broadcasting. Video art can
take many forms
• Paul Pfeiffer, "Four
Horseman of the Apocalypse
(6)," 2001.

24. Graffiti Art
• One of the most radical
contemporary art
movements, "graffiti art"
(also called "Street Art",
"Spraycan Art", "Subway
Art" or "Aerosol Art")
commonly refers to
decorative imagery
applied by paint or other
means to buildings,
public transport or other
property.

25. Post-modern Art

26. Body Art
• Body art is art made on,
with, or consisting of, the
human body. The most
common forms of body
art are tattoos and
body piercings. Other
types include scarification,
branding, subdermal
implants, scalpelling,
shaping (for example
tight-lacing of corsets),
full body tattoo
and body painting.

27. Digital Art
• Digital art is an artistic work
or practice that uses digital
technology as an essential
part of the creative or
presentation process. Since
the 1970s, various names
have been used to describe
the process
including computer
art and multimedia art, and
digital art is itself placed
under the larger umbrella
term new media art

28. One of my eeriest photoshoot shot in the big haunted Balete Tree in Siquijor
that we need to have a shaman to ask for permission from the spirits of the
tree. Eric Estampador Cabales

29. Materials used in Contemporary Arts
• Contemporary Artists salvage materials that
can be recycled and made into creative forms.

30. Cottage made of Bamboo

31. Dumaguete Port Tourist Information
Center

32. Skills,Techniques and Production in
Contemporary Arts
• Many contemporary artist do not have formal
studies in the fine arts but are self –taught.
Concerned with the development of their
talent and skills in art making ,they study on
their own ,interact with artists and read a lot
about lives of artists and their artworks.

33. Type of Techniques
• Collage-is made by adhering flat elements
such as newspaper or magazine cut-outs,
printed text ,illustrations, photographs,
cloth string etc to a flat surface to create a
thick layer that is almost like a relief
sculpture.

34. Decalcomania
• The process of applying gouache to paper or
glass then transferring a reversal of that image
onto canvas or other flat materials

35. Decoupage
• Done by adhering
cut-outs of paper
and then coating
these with one or
more coats or
transparent coating
of varnish.
• the art or craft of
decorating objects
with paper cut-outs

36. Frottage
• a technique in the
visual arts of obtaining
textural effects or
images by rubbing lead,
chalk, charcoal, etc.,
over paper laid on a
granular or relief like
surface. Compare
rubbing (def 2). 2. a
work of art containing
shapes and textures
produced by frottage.

37. Montage
• the process or
technique of
selecting,
editing, and
piecing together
separate
sections of film
to form a
continuous
whole.

38. Trapunto
• Trapunto, from the
Italian for "to quilt," is a
method of quilting that
is also called "stuffed
technique." A puffy,
decorative
feature, trapunto utilize
s at least two layers, the
underside of which is
slit and padded,
producing a raised
surface on the quilt.

39. Digital Applications
• In England, Wales and
Northern Ireland, the Diploma
in Digital Applications (DiDA) is
an optional information and
communication technology
course, usually studied by Key
Stage 4 or equivalent school
students. DiDA was introduced
in 2005 as a creation of the
Edexcel examination board.
DiDA is notable in that it
consists entirely of coursework,
completed on-computer; all
work relating to the DiDA
course is created, stored,
assessed and moderated
digitally.

40. Appreciating Contemporary Arts

41. Art Gallery visited

42. Description Applied to Contemporary
Arts
• Subject Matter-is what you see that is
depicted in the artwork. It may be a human
form where the figures are engaged in an
activity, or a combination of texture and color.
• Material is what the artwork is made of.It can
also be a combination of objects used in the
artwork.
• Art element and principle refer to the physical
qualities of the image.The artist uses color,
lines,space and other elements to create
visual images.

44. "Nasa Bubong ang Balita“Anthony
Fermin at Canvas Bistro Bar Gallery.

46. Thank you so much