Contemporary Art Production:

LESSON
Concept in Integrated Arts
4 Production
2nd Quarter

Most Essential Learning Competency

References

 Contemporary Philippine Arts from the Regions by Ayesha H. Sayseng and Luzuviminda
D. Sandagan

Let’s Explore

This module will help deepen student’s knowledge, understanding and appreciation of the
importance in determining concepts in art production. Readings, researches and observations will
focus to analyze the integration of the past and the contemporary in producing an artwork. Be able
to appreciate the roles of media and crafts in the development, preservation and promotion of the
Philippine arts; and apply one’s concept in creating a particular artwork.

Learning Experience
We perceive that all artworks are beautiful but sometimes. They may not be. The idea of artwork
depends upon the concept of an artist. There ar times that an artist through his artwork may convey a
strong reaction about the present human conditions which may not be beautiful.

An artist does not work alone. He interacts with other artist and through these intercations he can
grasp ideas that help him formulate his concept that he can integrate into the production of his artworks.

In the production of artwork, the artist interconnects these terms: art, design, and craft. These three
terms are distinctive in funtion but are interrilated with each other. Any piece of article, or anything that
pleases man, involves arts, designs and craft. An example is mat weaving. This is a simple craft activity, yet
involved in it are ideas, principles, and skills which exist in the minds, muscles or nerves of the mat weaver.
The hand manipulation, its order, and sequence, has rhythm, balance, skill and organization and a feel of
texture of the product reveals the application of art, designs and craftmanship. Hence, these are evident in
the interwoven relationship of art, designs and craft.

1. SUBJECT – refers to any person, objects, scene or event described or represented in a work of art.
Some arts have subjects; other do not. The arts that have subject are called “Representational” or “objective
arts”. Those that do not have subject are calle “non-representational or non- objective arts”.

Painting, sculpture and graphic arts, literature and theater arts are classified as representational music,
architecture, and many of the functional arts are non-representational.

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 The non-objective arts do not present descriptions, stories or references of identifiable objects or symbols.
Rather, they appeal directly to the senses primarily because of the satisfying organization of their sensor of
expressive elements. Most musical pieces are not imitations of natural sounds, but we enjoy listening to
them because the sounds have been pleasingly arranging and because that evoke a certain emotional
response in us.

Most contemporary painters have turned away from representational to non-objective painting. They have
shifted their attention to the work of art as an object in itself, as an exciting combination of shapes and
colors that fulfills an aesthetic need without having to represent images or tell a story.

Kinds of Subjects:
a. Landscape, seascapes and cityscapes
b. Still life
c. Animals
d. Portraits
e. Everyday life
f. History and legend
g. Figure
h. History and mythology
i. Dreams and fantasies

2. MEDIUM – refers to the materials or means which the artist uses to objectify his feeling or thought;
pigments and painting; stone, architecture; sounds in music; words in literature; and body movements in the
dance.

When an artist proceeds to give shape to his vision, his first thoughts are on what medium
to employ. There are no fix rules governing the choice of materials and processess to use. An artist’s choice
is usually influenced by practical considerations as the availibility of material, they use to which the art
object will be put, the idea that he wants to communicate, and nature and especialy the characteristics of
the medium itself the artist normally selects the material that he can handle will, and that would best suit
his purpose well as adequately bring out the qualities that he wants show.

3. FORM – refers to the physical qualities or characteristics of the image. It’s about the use of color, lines,
space, and other elements. These elements are arranged to observe unit, harmony, rhythm and other
principles of design in the production of a particular artswork.

Summary Notes
Whatever an artist has for his atrwork, it should be integrated to the now trend, the contemporary arts.
Like what is stated that some pointers have shifted their concepts to non-object painting. In the production
of arts, an artist has to consider connecting art, design and craft in his artwork because they are interwoven.
Description of contemporary arts should be remembering which are the subject, which refers to any person,
objects scene or event described or represented in a work of art; medium which refers to the materials are
means which the artist uses to objectify feeling or thoughts and form which refers to the hysical qualities or
characteristics of the image.

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