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DIFFERENT CONTEMPORARY ART TECHNIQUES AND PERFORMANCE PRACTICES

Traditional Techniques to Contemporary art Creations
Module 6
OBJECTIVES:
At the end of this module, the learners should be able to:
1. Research on various techniques and performance practices applied to contemporary arts.
2. Identify the different traditional techniques to contemporary art.
3. Justify the use of materials and the application of techniques.
4. Appreciate the use of materials and the application of traditional techniques to contemporary art
creations.

ACTIVITY
Write if it is Indigenous or Islamic art.
1. Sarimanok ________________________
2. Batik cloth design _______________________
3. Okir ___________________________
4. Mosque _____________________________
5. Pottery______________________________
6. Panolong______________________________
7. Abaca ______________________________
8. Bagobo __________________________
9. Ikat ________________________________
10. Malong _________________________________

LESSON PROPER

There are places in the Philippines which are famous because of the extraordinary or unusual but
special products that they produce. These products become the instruments in spreading the news about this
places. These people use traditional techniques in creating one particular art or maybe which make famous and
draw people to these places.
Traditional techniques used by the Filipinos even from the past years are depicted in our painting,
sculpture, dance, architecture, music and even textile. It only proves that Filipinos like other people in the
world can very proud of our Philippine arts.
Painting and Pottery
 Early Filipinos paintings can be in red chip (clay mixed water) designs
embellished on the ritual pottery of the Philippines such as the
acclaimed “Manunggul Jar” which is an example of a burial jar.
 Philippine pottery has been a long tradition, and evidence of this
pottery-making has been found in Sanga-Sanga, Sulu and Laurente Cave
in Cagayan.
 Pottery began the making of earthenware articles for domestic use such
as a cooking vessel and storage container.
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 Incised designs also appeared in the pots in Masbate. Among the finest of early Philippine pottery
designs are footed dishes that were decorated with geometric cut- outs, molding, cording or finger
impressions, most of these were made in Batangas
 At this ship, (a mixture of clay and water) rather than glazes is still used by Filipino Potters to seal the
pottery, and the pottery is open-fried.
 Pottery traditions continued to develop in certain locals, such as Burnay Unglazed Clay pottery of Vigan.
 The pottery traditions of Burnay is among the pottery traditions that have been maintained, along with
those of Leyte and Bohol. Further evidence of painting is manifested in the tattoo tradition of early
Filipinos who are now referred to as the Pintados or the “Painted People” of Visayas.
Some of the most elaborate painting
done by early Filipinos that survive to
the present are manifested among the
arts and architecture of the Maranao,
who are well-known for the ‘Naga
Dragons” and the “Sarimanok Craved”
and painted in the beautiful Panolong
of their Torongans or King’s house.

Among the early modernist painters

such as Damian Domingo, Juan Luna,
Felix Hidalgo, and others.
A certain Elito Circa stood out;
He is popularly known as “Amang
Pintor”, who gained recognition by
using his hair to make his paint brushes
and reigns his painting with his blood on the right side corner.

Indigenous Art
 The Itneg people are known for their intricate
woven fabrics.
 The “Binakol”, which features designs that
incorporate optical illusions woven fabrics of the
“Gadang” people usually bright red tones.
 Their weaving can also be identified by beaded
ornamentation.
 Other people such as the Ilongot make jewelry
from pearl, red hornbill beak, plants and metals.
 Some indigenous materials are also used as a medium in different kinds of artworks especially in a
painting by Elito Circa.
 A folk artist of Pantabangan and a pioneer for using indigenous materials, natural raw materials
including human blood.
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 Many Filipino painters were influenced by this and started using these materials such as an extract
from onion, tomato, tuba, coffee, molasses and other materials available anywhere.
 The lumad people of Mindanao such as the “B’Lan”, “Mandaga”, “Mansaka”, and “T’Boli” are skilled in
the art of dying abaca fiber.
 Abaca is a plant closely related to bananas and its leaves are used to make fiber known as “Manila
Hemp”.
 The Fiber is dyed by method called “Ikat”.
 “Ikat” fibers are woven into cloth with geometric patterns depicting
human, animal, and plant leaves.

Sarimanok
 This is the most well-known design. The figure represents a fowl wings, feathered tail and a head
decorated with ornaments of scrolled and painted motif of leaves, spirals and feather-like forms.
 It usually stands on a fish, and another one hangs from its beak.
 The wooden figure usually perched atop a bamboo pole, stands among decorative flags during
weddings and other festive occasions.

Hagabi
 Another one is “Hagabi”, a wooden chair of
Igufao, which symbolizes his status as a citizen
in their community.
 It depicts the wealth and power of the owner
who is called “Kadanagyan”, or a person who
belongs to the higher status in their society
 Only the rich can afford to own it together with
a ritual after the completion of their chair.
 This chair is made of Narra or Ipil Ipil, and the original design is called “Ginulding-Gulding”, meaning
like a goat-like head.
 At present Hagabi may have different shapes with one end called “Ngiwi”, is like the head of an animal
with an elongated nose and two big ears.

Islamic arts
 This kind of art has two main artistic style. One is carved-line.
 Woodcarving and metal working called “Okir”,
similar to the Middle Eastern Islamic art. This style is
associated with men.
 The other style is geometric tapestries and is
associated with women.
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 The Tausug and Sama-Bajau exhibit their own “Okir” on elaborate markings with a boat like imaging.
 An okir design, the scroll is the dominant feature in the men’s work composed of various spiral forms.
 In contrasts, the zigzag, and angular forms are the dominating motifs in women’s geometric art “Okir-a-
Bay” (ladies design).
 The most popular of the “Malong”, style is the land cap which is either dominantly red, yellow, green,
blue or violet.

Red is the favorite color along with yellow; these colors stands for royalty or aristocracy.
Often, men wear the red lamp cap and the women, the yellow.
The ‘Bagobo” are proud people with proto Malayan features.
They have ornate traditions in weaponry and other metal arts.
They are noted for their skills in producing brass articles through the ancient lost-wax process.
These people weave abaca cloths of earth tones and
make baskets that are trimmed with beads, fibers and
horse’s hair; weapons made by Muslim Filipinos such as
“Kampilan”, are skillfully carved.

Kut-Kut Art
 This is a technique combining the Oriental and
European art processes.
 Very few known art pieces exist today.
 The techniques were practiced by the indigenous
people of Samar.
 Kut-kut is an exotic Philippine art form based on
early century techniques “Sgraffito”.
 Encaustic and layering. The merging of this ancient
styles produces a unique artwork characterized by
delicate swirling interweaved lines, multi-layered
texture and a dimensional space.

SYNTHESIS
Answer the following questions:
1. What traditional techniques do you observe in your hometown or the place where you currently live?

2. What does it represent? Describe and explain its origin.

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3. If you were to create your own contemporary creation, what traditional technique will you use? Explain
your answer.

ASSESSMENT
Show your appreciation to contemporary art creations by making a 2 stanza poem in a short bond
paper.

REFERENCES
https://www.scribd.com/presentation/415284912/20-Traditional-Techniques-to-Contemporary-Art-Creations

Prepared by: Noted by:

GISELLE M. MATA ARNEL S. GALLO

Teacher Principal