Towards a

Peoples Art
Prof. Felipe de Leon
Specialist Art
Art becomes fragmented into
separate narrow concerns called
disciplines.
Highly
compartmentalized
The Great Piece of Turf by
Albrecht Durer
Watercolor
Arnolfini Portrait by Jan van
Eyck
Oil
Highly
compartmentalized
White Center (Yellow, Pink and
Lavender on Rose) by Mark
Rothko

Acrylic, abstract
Highly
compartmentalized
Sarah Chang
Violinist
Highly
compartmentalized
Wilhelm Kempff
Pianist
Highly
compartmentalized
Noel Cabangon
Guitarist/Singer/Songwriter
Highly
compartmentalized
Specialist art tends to gain an artificial
quality because it needs to be studied in
order to be practiced and appreciated.


Art for arts sake.

Expensive
The cost of specialization
Elite vs. Masses
Communal participation is minimized.
There is a gap between the artists and the
audience.

Elite vs. Masses
The masses are conditioned to subscribe
to what the elite prescribes.
Man with a Hat
and a Violin
Pablo Picasso
The Role of Mass Media
Peoples Art
Art is integrated with everyday life.
The arts tend to merge as one.
There is a collective participation
when it comes to art. It is not
exclusive to experts or a few
specialists.
Emphasis is on the process of artistic
creation, and not the finished
product.
Biodegradable art
Absence of fixed arbitrary standards.
Philippine Artistic Cultures
Peoples Art
Learned in the context
of daily life.

Integrated with
everyday concerns,
functions and activities

Art forms are
convergent
Specialist Art
Academic and
intellectual

Self-contained and
separate from reality.

Emphasis on
specialization
SOURCES
"Albrecht Durer (German, 1471-1528) Famous Artists: Watercolor
Masters - Deutsch - Germany." Albrecht Durer (German, 1471-
1528) Famous Artists: Watercolor Masters - Deutsch - Germany.
Web. 7 Sept. 2014.

<http://www.watercolorpainting.com/famousartist/durer.htm>.
"The Arnolfini Portrait." Jan Van Eyck. Web. 7 Sept. 2014.
<http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/jan-van-eyck-the-
arnolfini-portrait>.


"White Center, 1950 by Mark Rothko." Mark Rothko Paintings
Prints Biography and Quotes of Mark Rothko. Web. 7 Sept. 2014.
<http://www.markrothko.org/white-center/>.
SOURCES
Gerard Domanguera for the photos of the saluray and
kutyapi

http://blogniako.blogspot.com/2012/05/pahiyas-festival-
2012-lucban-quezon.html

http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Asia/Philippines/South
ern_Tagalog/Quezon/Lucban/photo909625.htm

http://philvisualarts.blogspot.com/2009/12/luz-ocampo-
last-of-master-wrappers.html

http://naldoandshirl.blogspot.com/2011/04/good-
friday.html
SOURCES
http://museomusiko.wordpress.com/aerophone
s/nose-flutes/

http://www.kipas.nl/Instruments/Tongali.htm

https://www.facebook.com/JeepneyArtsFestiva
l

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-
art/1999.363.64
SOURCES
http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/2012/12/19/th
e-definitive-filipino-go-bag