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Lesson
Objectives
• Define the term “Contemporary Art”
historical, cultural and stylistic terms.
in art
• Explain the difference between contemporary art
and modern art in the context of the Philippines
various histories, cultures and identities,
• Describes various contemporary art forms and
their practices from the various regions.
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What is Contemporary
Arts?
What is Contemporary
Arts?
Historical Overview
Stylistic Overview
Cultural Overview
What is Contemporary
arts in terms of
Historical Overview
HISTORICAL OVERVIEW: PHILIPPINE ART
FORM PRE-COLONIAL SPANISH AMERICAN JAPANESE POSTWAR CONTEMPORARY
LANDSAPE, WARTIME SCENE
POTTERY, BODY
RELIGIOUS, PORTRAITURE, (AGRESSION,
PAINTING ADORNMENT,
SECULAR INTERIOR AND STILL NATIONALISM,
ORNAMENT
LIFE ATROCITIES, FIGURATIVE, NON-
SYMBOLIC, MODERN, FIGURATIVE, ART
PROTEST, CONSERVATIVE, FOR ARTS SAKE,
ASPIRATIONS FOR ABSTRACT MULTIMEDIA,
POTTERY, CARVING, SAINTS, EXPERIMENTAL,
WOODWORK, FURNITURE, ALTAR FREE STANDING, PEACE) MIXED MEDIA,
SCULPTURE PUBLIC ART TRANSMEDIA
METALWORK AND PIECES, JEWELRY, RELIEF AND PUBLIC
EXPRESSION METAL WORK PROPAGANDA
CHURCH, PLAZA, CITY PLANNING,
TOWN PLANNING, PARKS,
FORTIFICATION, WATERFRONTS,
CIVIC BUILDINGS CIVIC/GOV’T
DWELLINGS AND AND STRUCTURES,
HOUSES, SHELTERS, INSTALLATIONS, PUBLIC WORKS, REAL ESTATE, SAFE HOUSING,
ARCHITECTURE WORSHIP AREAS, PRIVATE APARTMENTS, PUBLIC WORKS ACCESSORIES, TENEMENTS, COVENTION
OFFICIAL RESIDENCES, RESIDENCES, ARCH, COMMERCIAL/BUSINESS, CONDOS,
RESIDENCES, COMMERCIAL OFFICES, HEALTH MALLS, SUBDIVISIONS
MOSQUES STRUCTURES, AND PUBLIC
CEMETERIES, EDUCATION AND
BRIDGES AND BUSINESS
LIGHTHOUSE BUILDINGS
Xyza Bacani (2013)
The Contrast by HR
Ocampo
What is Contemporary
arts in terms of Stylistic
Overview?
What are the differences between Modern Art
and Contemporary Art in terms of Style?
STYLISTIC OVERVIEW: PHILIPPINE ART
FORM PRE-COLONIAL SPANISH AMERICAN MODERN CONTEMPORARY
ABSTRACT, COLLABORATIVE,
PAINTING NEOREALIST, HYPER-REALIST,
RELIGIOUS, SURREAL,
DEVOTIONAL NEW PAINTING
EXPRESSIONIST
SECULAR
FORMAL CLASSICAL, IDYLLIC,
NATURALISTIC JUNK/SCRAP,
NOSTALGIC DUCHAMPIAN,
(HOMEGROWN
RELIGIOUS MINIATURISMO, ABSTRACT ARTE COVERA,
SCULPTURE (ANIMIST OR GUILD) EXPRESSIONISM NEO-INDIGENOUS,
ISLAMIC), ACADEMIC SITE, SPECIFIC,
COMMUNITY PERFORMANCE
BASED INTER- ART, HYBRID
ETHNIC RELATIONS,
COLLECTIVE
HISTORY WORSHIP-RELATED
AND RESIDENTIAL
EARTHQUAKE
BAROQUE INSTRUMENTAL URBAN PLANNING,
ARCHITECTURE HISPANIC NEOCLASSIC, ART INDUSTRRIALIZING, ECONOMIC ZONE,
REVIVALIST DECO ECLECTIC COSMOPOLITAN
(NEOGOTHIC,
NEOMANESQUE,
ISLAMIC)
MODERN ART
• Impressionism, Cubism, and Expressionism.
• Impressionism.
Mango Pickers, oil
on canvas, 1936
By Fernando
Amorsolo
• Cubism
Oud Player
By Gary Manalo
• Expressionism
Mother and Child
By Onib Olmido
CONTEMPORARY ART
• reflecting a more diverse and globalized artistic
landscape.
• Contemporary Filipino artists often experiment
with various mediums, techniques, and forms.
• Themes in contemporary Philippine art extend
beyond national identity to include issues of
globalization, urbanization, social justice, gender,
and technology.
What is Contemporary
arts in terms of Cultural
Overview?
CULTURAL OVERVIEW: PHILIPPINE ART
POPULAR OR
FORM INDIGENOUS ISLAMIC OR FOLK OR LOWLAND FINE OR WORLD- URBAN AND MASS
SOUTHEAST ASIAN PHILIPPINE MUSLIM BASED BASED
PAINTING
SCULPTURE MUSEUM CURATED, MASS PRODUCED,
RITUAL AND GOVERNANCE COLONIAL AND ARTIST CENTERED MARKET ORIENTED
POST-COLONIAL GALLERY-
DISTRIBUTED
ARCHITECTURE
