Performance Task #2.

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Study the painting of Antipas Delotavo “Itak sa Puso ni Mang Juan”.Then,
answer the following guidelines

Answer the following guidelines.

I. Form and Style
1. What do you see in the painting?
- the man who has dedicated his life to the company he works for. You
can see the logo of the coca – cola looks like a knife or sword , The serif
of the letter ‘C’ appears to nearly touch the fatigued figure . that the man
is thinks he self that is hopeless

2. Describe the person in the painting. How is he portrayed?

- I can describe is hopeless man is sad because of the coca cola and
the man posture and stance suggests his complete submission to the rules

3. Describe the background.

-. The company’s primal objective, to grant everyone access to self-
fulfillment, manifests itself in the hazy “cloud-nine-like feature in the
work, as witnessed by character Man and the viewer

4. How will you describe the painting to someone who ha not seen it?
- I’m going to describe the painting by how the way it looks. the
physical appearance of the man on the painting and what the Coca-Cola
logo symbolizes in the painting

I. Content
1. What is the theme of the painting?
- This exposes the struggle of an average Filipino worker, the
embodiment of the Filipino public or the masa, against the monopoly
and economic control of international corporations.

2. Who is being represented?

- the man is a portrayal of us Filipino as one can derive form the way
look tan skin and clothes. That many Juan is wearing and the way of the
people is walking because their back is slouching in their province to
work to find a way of money
3. What does this painting remind you of?
- is reminds is the farming is not finish their school because of the low
income that way is working in the famer and it reminds to that the
province that go to the manila to work in better salary to help their
family. and insulting to because of he is form the province .

4. What is the message of the artist?

- Delotavo , is reminding the negative effect of the coca – cola
company . the artwork figuratively encases itself as an effect of
continuous , unchanged process caused by man himself

5. How is the painting related to our society today

- the society is very toxic because they don’t know the feeling of the
person they judging to their moves they don’t know the person in the
painting going through.

III. Elements a nd Principles

1. How are the elements of art used in the painting
- is perfect ,because the artwork I a lot to tell and meaning behind
of it , the Filipino worker and natural color od existing entities to
instill on viewers that keen sense of familiarity over the subject ,
and to know the different Filipino background
2. What principles of design are more dominant in the painting ?
- Emphasis on the loop of the coca – cola and mang juan ‘s body
to draw attention to certain parts and easily attracts the attention
of the viewer

IV. Context
 1. In what type of the society has the work been produced?
- emphasis on nationalist art in the quest for national identity and
on the need to break away form the western – oriented culture and
the a lot the people toxic because they don’t know the situation of
mang juan .

2. Is the message relevant in the present times?

- yes , because some the artist made of the painting is managed to
focus the political relationship of mang juan to coca – cola ,
because a lot us needs a message like this to make our mind open
what new in the world what is people like .

3. Does the title contribute to the message of the painting? In what

way?
- Yes , because you can see in the painting is the ending part of
the point to the man is mean is ‘ itak “ and the itak sa puso ni
mang juan which symbolized tail of the coca – cola sign seems
to stab the man in the painting

V. Personal Opinion
1. What other title can you give this painting?
- the painful truth of the coca – cola company

3. Pretend that you were inside this painting. How would you have
felt?
- the negative effects of globalization and commercialization
directly affects the lives of ordinary Filipino workers. The
international or domestic workers they insulting the Filipino
culture

4. Why would you feel that way?

I feel pain and angry , because they insulting the Filipino workers
in the company of the coca – cola company they judging the
people of the Philippines .
5. Why do you suppose the artist made this painting?
- Delotavo , I think is all about

6. What do you think is extraordinary about his painting

- Art is an excavation of artist’s imagination and that it comes
along with progression of society and history