Contemporary Philippine Arts

from the Regions (CPAR)

Gringo M. Corpuz
De La Salle Araneta University
 Flow of Discussion
• What is art?
• What are the forms of art?
• What is Contemporary Art?
• What are the forms of contemporary art?
 ACTIVITY
• Make a concept map about art and
contemporary art.
Angono Petroglyphs
Is it art?
What is Art?
• A tool for communication
– It is an a venue for one to convey
or express:
• Thoughts or ideas
• Emotions
• Aspirations

• It catches people’s attention,

imagination and admiration
 What is Art?
Manifestation of the use of the
various creative disciplines

Produced by human activity and

skill

Tangible output of creative

expression
Different Forms of Arts
Visual
Performing Arts Literature
Arts

Media Culinary Contemporary

Arts Arts Arts

Decorative Arts
 Different Forms of Arts
• Visual Arts
– Wide array of artistic disciplines that are
appreciated primarily through sight.
– Forms:
Fine Arts

Decorative Arts

Performing Arts

Contemporary Arts
 Forms of Visual Arts
• Fine Arts
– The term “fine arts” was first used to
describe the art forms created primarily
for its appearance rather than practical
use.
– It also includes artworks which were
produced from emerging technology and
artistic innovations
– Primarily concerned with beauty and
aesthetics
 Forms of Visual Arts
• Fine Arts
– Common examples
• Drawing
• Painting
• Sculpture
• Print
• Graphic art
• Calligraphy
• Architecture A painting exhibited at the Museum
d DLSU, 2012
A painting of Kenneth Montegrande
Source: http://cnnphilippines.com/lifestyle/2015/06/11/art-with-a-heart.html
 Forms of Visual Arts
Decorative Arts
– Artworks that are aesthetically pleasing
and functional
– Examples
• Textile Arts
• Glassware
• Jewelry
• Furniture
• Earthenware
• Metal craft
• Interior Design
The Okir (motiff) : artistic design of the Maranaos of Lanao
Source: https://tugayaartefactsblog.wordpress.com/2014/03/18/the-okir-motif-an-art-of-maranao-depicting-their-culture-and-
society/
 Forms of Visual Arts
• Performing Arts
– Involve the use of voices and/or body
movements to communicate artistic
expression and are enacted in front of a
live audience
– Categories
• Music
• Dance
• Theater

Source:https://lifestyle.inquirer.net/129647/3rd-quarter-report-card-
on-performing-arts/t1007amadis-supremo_feat6_2/
Singkil
Source: www.kababayangpilipino.org
 Forms of Performing Arts
• Music
– Manipulation of
sounds
– The use of
instruments, vocal
techniques and
styles
– Can be recorded
or performed live The KONTRAGAPI
Source: http://ffemagazine.com/filipino-music-group-gears-up-to-
participate-in-norways-forde-world-music-
festival/http://ffemagazine.com/filipino-music-group-gears-up-to-
participate-in-norways-forde-world-music-festival//
 Common Genres of Music
Traditional
Art Music Popular Music
Music
• Western • Accessible and • Musical forms
Classical commercially that are
Music available to the community and
public culturally-
based
• Passed from
one generation
to the next
through oral
communication
or actual
performance
 Forms of Performing Arts
• Dance
– Regulated and
deliberated order
of body
movements which
have aesthetic
value and are
often performed
accompanied with
Pandango sa Ilaw
music Source: https://www.pinterest.ph/pin/256212666277874765///
 Forms of Performing Arts
• Forms/Styles of
Dance
– Ballet
– Belly Dance
– Break Dance
– Improvisational
dance
– Hip-hop dance
– Modern dance
– Contemporary dance Ballet
– Traditional dance Source: http://www.fringemag.net/web/47th-ballet-philippines-
summer-dance-workshop-slated-on-april-4-may-22/
 Forms of Performing Arts
• Theater / play
– Often involves the
integration and
combination of the
visual and performing
arts
– A fine art where
actors perform
experiences real or
imagined in front of a
Philippine Educational Theater Association
live audience Source:
https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/cbb/content/324919/weekends-
mean-theater-workshops-with-peta/story/
 Forms of Performing Arts
• Theater / play
– Mime
– Puppetry
– Tragedy
– Opera
– Musical theater
– Traditional theater

Philippine Educational Theater Association

Source:
https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/cbb/content/324919/weekends-
mean-theater-workshops-with-peta/story/
What is Contemporary Art?
• New and unusual art form
• Recently conceived art styles and
techniques
• Artworks that are produced in our
present lifetime which can be produced
using the traditional forms or new art
techniques
• Art produced by artists living today
• Art of the present which is
continuously in process and in flux
Photo by Zyca Bacani (2013)
Source: http://purveyr.blogspot.com/2015/02/xyza-bacani-wins-magnum-foundation.html
‘The Contrast; by HR Ocampo (1940) ‘Frugal Meal; by Cesar Legaspi
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ty-of-the-philippines-quezon-city-the-rise-of-modernism-the- ty-of-the-philippines-quezon-city-the-rise-of-modernism-the-
u-p-vargas-museum-collection/ u-p-vargas-museum-collection/
What is Contemporary Art?
• ≠ “Modern Art” or “Traditional Art”

• The distinction bet. Contemporary and

modern art can be a matter of
perception and reception depending
on the context (historical, style etc.)
General Characteristics of
Contemporary Art
Process-
Site-specific
oriented

Contemporary
Arts

Collaborative Interactive
 General Characteristics of
Contemporary Art
1. Site-specific
- They cannot be experienced in the same
way if removed from their original place
of exhibit
- Usually focused on local culture,
customs and traditions
 General Characteristics of
Contemporary Art
1. Site-specific
• Paintings of
Ibn Saud
Salipyasin
Ahmad, a
local artist
from
Zamboanga
Sibugay
Source: https://ninasheen.wordpress.com/2017/01/29/all-about-
contemporary-art-filipino-artists-and-their-masterpieces//
 General Characteristics of
Contemporary Art
2. Process-oriented
- Contemporary arts
integrate various
medium and art
forms
- Less emphasis on
the finished product
and a single creator
‘Musmos’ by Imelda Cajipe-Endaya
Source: https://ninasheen.wordpress.com/2017/01/29/all-
about-contemporary-art-filipino-artists-and-their-
masterpieces/
 General Characteristics of
Contemporary Art
3. Collaborative
- Contemporary
artists often work
with other artists in
creating artworks

Ili Likha, Baguio City

Source:
https://www.tripadvisor.com.ph/LocationPhotoDirectLink-
g298445-d10490634-i250782039-Ili_Likha_Artists_Village-
 General Characteristics of
Contemporary Art
4. Interactive
- The ‘audience’ has
active input in the
completion of the
art

Ili Likha, Baguio City

Source:
https://www.tripadvisor.com.ph/LocationPhotoDirectLink-
g298445-d10490634-i250782039-Ili_Likha_Artists_Village-
 Is this
contemporary
art?
Forms of Contemporary Art

Collage Assemblage Mobile

Performance Installation
Land Art
Art Art

Conceptual
Digital Art
Art
 Forms of Contemporary Art
Collage
- Method of combining
printed images with other
flat media and pasted on
a canvas or board
- First came about in the
earl 1900s as part of the
experimentation of
Picasso and Braque

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/collage
“The Art and the Viewer Trying to Be Critical,” “Specific New” (2015) collage
(2015) collage by Dina Gadia by Dina Gadia
Source: http://bedfordandbowery.com/2015/05/dina-gadias-collages-are-chopped-
and-screwed-visions-of-a-golden-age/ Source: http://bedfordandbowery.com/2015/05/dina-
gadias-collages-are-chopped-and-screwed-visions-of-a-
golden-age/
 Forms of Contemporary Art
Assemblage
- Used by French artist
Jean Dubuffet in 1052 to
describe a series of
artworks made from
paper collages, wood
scraps and other found
objects.
- It blurs the line between
painting and sculpture
Source: https://abundanceunlimited.net/product/sugar-
skull-day-of-dead-art/
Artwork by Lao Lian Ben Artwork by Roberto Feleo
Source: https://philippinecenterny.com/wp- Source:
content/uploads/2018/02/laolian.jpg http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/twisted/places/page/1
7/
Roberto Feleo Tao-tao ng
Aklasang Basi-Ang Hanay ng
mga N Lacquer over acrylic on
sawdust and eggshell mix over
paper on aluminum expander

Source: https://www.wheninmanila.com/philippine-
art-fair-announces-participating-artists-and-galleries-
for-2015/
 Forms of Contemporary Art
Mobile
- Pioneered by American
artist Alexander CalderIt
is a sculptural work that
is suspended from the
ceiling or a protruding
base.
 Forms of Contemporary Art
Mobile
- It is typically made with a
number of balancing
rods dangling in different
lengths carrying one or
more elements

- Example of kinetic
sculpture which moves
due to its interaction
with the wind Source: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/332070172494808660/
The Musical Life Forms, 1995 QuattroMondial Monument, 2011
by Lao Lian Ben by Ramon Orlina
Source: https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/The- Source:
Musical-Life-Forms/7C25417A495EAB0F http://www.orlina.com/artworks/large_works/tetraglobal.html
 Forms of Contemporary Art
Performance Art
- Music and sound are often
incorporated in the
performance
- Words and dialogues are not
given as much focus
compared to the movement
- Can be done spontaneously
or rehearsed
- Can be simple or large scale
event Source: http://www.performanceart.ca/
 Forms of Contemporary Art
Performance Art
- Mix of visual and
performing arts
- The medium used in
performance art is the
artist himself and the
artwork is the acting and
the movement of the
artist.
- Done in front of an
Christina Georgiou, Antigone's
audience Dream: Actions of Love. 2016
Source:
http://www.veniceperformanceart.org/index.php?page=285&lan
Danny C. Sillada's Suicidal Tears, live
art performance at Galleria Duemilla,
2010
Source: https://dannysillada.weebly.com/2006-danny-c-sillada-a-
MOTHER CHRISTMAS CAME TO TOWN
A Yuletide Pantomime by David Medalla
Source: https://www.1fmediaproject.net/2010/01/01/mother-
christmas-came-to-town/dsc06532/
 Forms of Contemporary Art
Installation Art
- It involves the
arrangement of objects
in a given space.
- It is associated with the
conceptual art and the
Dada Movement
- It is intentionally
designed to be
experienced as a
temporary work of art. Cornelia Parker
Cold Dark Matter: An Exploded View
1991
 Forms of Contemporary Art
Installation Art
- It incorporates different
materials that may
include traditional
sculptural materials (e.g.
wood, metal etc.) and
technology based
medium (e.g. light, sound,
videos etc.).

Biografias, Alicia Martín, 2005

Source: https://books-on-books.com/tag/installation-art/
 Forms of Contemporary Art
Installation Art
- Takes into
consideration the
viewers of the art
and allows them to
move around the
work and immerse
themselves within
the art making their
audience and their
reactions part of Fortune Circle Art Installation
the artwork Melissa Carey 2018
Source: http://www.melissacarey.com.au/fortunecircle
Magic on the roof deck by Leeroy New, 2015
Source: http://www.justjonesing.com.ph/quickly-now/astreopora-by-leeroy-new
"Liwanag" by Aze Ong, 2016
Source: https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/lifestyle/artandculture/547059/liwanag-ccp-shines-spotlight-on-aze-ong-s-crochet-art/story/
 Forms of Contemporary Art
Land art
- Earth art
- It s art that is made
directly in the landscape,
sculpting the land itself
into earthworks or
making structures in the
landscape using natural
materials such as rocks
or twigs
Robert Smithson's "Spiral Jetty“
Source:
https://www.artspace.com/magazine/art_101/art_market/land_art-
5854/
Source: https://www.landart-creations.com/prints/ammeer- Source: https://mymodernmet.com/20-unforgettable-examples-of-land-
108-4/ art/
 Forms of Contemporary Art
Digital Art
- Computer art
- Multimedia art
- It is an artistic work or
practice that uses
digital technology as
part of the creative or
presentation process

Source: https://heydesign.com/2018/07/digital-art-experimenting-with-
abstract-textures/
Source: https://teammanilalifestyle.com/2013/10/09/digital- Artwork by Jonathan Benitez, Palawan
artist-vincent-trinidad-talks-about-his-practices-in-art/
based Filipino Artist.
Source: https://jennysserendipity.com/2015/08/26/jonathan-benitez-mixed-
media-collage-art-and-environmental-art/
 Forms of Contemporary Art
Conceptual Art
- Conceptualism
- It is art in which the
concept(s) or idea(s)
involved in the work take
precedence over
traditional aesthetic,
technical, and material
concerns.

Source: https://www.theartstory.org/movement-conceptual-
art.htm
Artwork by Roberto “Bobby” Rodríguez Chabet
Source: https://medium.com/@milenaolesinska77/conceptual-art-roberto-chabet-e25ebd5a412/
Artwork by Roberto “Bobby” Rodríguez Chabet
Source: https://medium.com/@milenaolesinska77/conceptual-art-roberto-chabet-e25ebd5a412/
Elements of Contemporary Art

Appropriation Performance Space

Hybridity Technology

Source: https://www.theartstory.org/movement-conceptual-
art.htm
Elements of Contemporary Art
Appropriation
- Artworks are
appropriated to produce
another art form
- By appropriation, the
contemporary artist
revives interest to
existing forms of art
- Ex. Painting on a
tshirt Source: https://lifestyle.inquirer.net/8837/shock-for-
shock%E2%80%99s-sake/
Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci Artwork by Bembol de la Cruz,
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Lisa Source: http://rachelmayo.blogspot.com/2013/06/taking-on-mona-lisa.html
Elements of Contemporary Art
Performance
- Has evolved to emphasize spontaneous,
unpredictable elements of chance

Performance artist
Marilyn Arsem
Source: http://marilynarsem.net/
Elements of Contemporary Art
Performance
- Performance artists
have tried to
interpret various
human activities to
socially relevant
themes such as
poverty,
commercialism and
war Source: https://www.mfa.org/collections/publications/the-
performance-art-of-marilyn-arsem
Elements of Contemporary Art
Space
- Art forms which
are performed
and positioned in
specific spots
and site-specific
especially in
public places

Source: https://www.sbs.com.au/yourlanguage/filipino/fil/audiotrack/migrants-
and-refugees-work-sydney-art-display?language=fil
 Elements of Contemporary Art
Hybridity
- The mixing of unlikely materials to produce an
artwork

FAMILY. Photo by Duffie Hufana

Osental
Thread, glow in the dark on
canvas
Source: https://www.rappler.com/life-and-
style/arts-and-culture/123083-art-fair-
philippines-2016-details-tips
Elements of Contemporary Art
Technology
- The use of
technology in
the creation
and
dissemination
of works of art

Source: http://www.wazzuppilipinas.com/2013/10/art-technology-fusion-of-new-
technology.html
 ASSIGNMENT
• Research on the history of Philippine arts
• The ‘guide’ will be uploaded in the GC.
 ACTIVITY (BY PAIR)
• Search for examples of forms of contemporary art
made by Filipino artists. Identify the element/s of
contemporary art which they follow
• Example:
Form: Installation Art Use PPT
slides for
Element: Space, Technology
your
Name of the Artwork: ___________ answers and
Name of the Artist: _____________ present it to
Source: _______________________ the class.
Materials used: _________________
How does the artwork reflect the people of today?
References
• Datuin, FM., Roberto, P. Ramirez, E.L. &
Marcelino, L. (2016). Contemporary
Philippine Arts From the Regions.
Manila: Rex Book Store, Inc.
• Ganzon, Carlo Luis C. (2017). Journey:
Contemporary Arts of the Philippines.
Quezon City: Phoenix Publishing House
Inc.
• Mendez, ML.(2016). Contemporary
Philippine Arts from the Regions.
Makati City: DIWA Learning Systems Inc.
Thank you for
your
participation!
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