PHILIPPINE

CONTEMPORARY
ART
ART APPRECIATION
 OVERVIEW & OBJECTIVE

01 Philippine Contemporary Art

Understand contemporary art in the Philippines

National Artists
02 Recognize national artists in the Philippines in different art forms
 01
Philippine
Contemporary
Art
 What is
Contemporary
Art?
CONTEMPORARY
ART
o Art of the present period
 PHILIPPINE
CONTEMPORARY ART
✓ Inventions of machines for mass production
✓ Computer Software for architecture
✓ Due to globalization and massive progress in
technology:
o Graphic arts, and the combined arts
o Increase level of awareness and
understanding of other country’s society
and culture
 02
National
Artists
ARCHITECTURE
 ARCHITECTURE
Pablo S. Antonio Leandro V. Locsin
o Pioneered modern o He designed modern
Philippine architecture. building, which adopt
o Works: FEU building climatic features .
o Works: CCP Complex

Juan F. Nakpil Ildefonso P. Santos

o Filipino architect, teacher o pioneered the practice of
and a community leader. landscape architecture in the
o Works: UP Diliman admin Philippines
building o Works: Rizal Park, SMC building

Jose Maria V. Zaragoza

o Known for designing several edifices
during the postwar era.
o Works: San Beda Convent
CINEMA
 CINEMA
Lamberto V. Avellana Lino Brocka
o “The Boy Wonder of
Philippine Movies” o He was a radical filmmaker
o Works: Sakay, The evil o Works: Maynila: Sa Kuko ng
within Liwanag, Orapronobis

Ishmael Bernal Manuel Conde

o “The genius of Philippine o He was taking up geological
cinema" engineering and entering the
o His art extends beyond the movies was farthest from his
confines of aesthetics. mind
o Works: Pahiram ng Isang o Works: Ibong Adarna, Si Juan
Umaga, Broken Marriage Tamad
 CINEMA
Gerardo De Leon
o He was a film director,
writer, actor and Ronald Alan K. Poe
producer used film to
transmit to a younger
generation of Filipinos o “Fernando Poe Jr.”
the stories in ancient and o Works: Batang Maynila, Ang
oral narratives Pagbabalik ng Lawin
o Works: Noli Me Tangere,
El Filibusterismo

Eddie S. Romero
o Romero was a source of inspiration and pride of the Silliman
community for his immense contributions to shaping a strong
Filipino identity.
o Works: Ganito Kami Noon…Paano Kayo Ngayon?, Noli Me
Tangere
VISUAL
ARTS
 VISUAL ART
Fernando Amorsolo Hernando R. Ocampo
o “The Painter of
o He was a Filipino artist best
Philippines Sunlight”
known for his abstract
o Works: Maiden in a
paintings.
Stream, Dalagang Bukid
o Works: Genesis, Ina ng Balon
Benedicto Cabrera Carlos Francisco
o “BenCab” noted as "arguably o Created mythical world of the
the best-selling painter." Filipino and its history
o Works: Madonna with Objects, o Sample works: Portrait of Purita,
Studies of Sabel The Invasion of Limahong

Cesar Legaspi Abdulmari Asia Imao

o Working on the motifs of
o A pioneer “Neo-Realist” of
Muslim Mindanao
the country
o Works: Industry Brass
o Works: Diggers, Idols of
Mural, Mural Relief on
the Third Eye
Filmmaking
 VISUAL ART
Guillermo Tolentino Arturo Luz
o He was also conferred the
President's Medal of Merit o Arturo Luz is a Filipino modern
o Works: The Bonifacio artist
Monument, President o Works: Bagong Taon,
Quezon at Quezon Memorial Vendador de Flores

Federico Aguilar Alcuaz Napoleon V. Abueva

o “Father of Modern Philippine
o “Alcuazaics.” Sculpture”
o Works: Roadside Squatters, o works: Portrait of Purita, The Invasion
Manila 1968 of Limahong

J. Elizalde Navarro
o Modernist transformations can be likened to
a Buddhist avatar
o Works: I’m Sorry Jesus, I Can’t Attend
Christmas This Year
 VISUAL ART
Francisco Coching
o “Dean of Filipino Illustrators”. Victorio C. Edades
o Through his komiks, Pinoy o “Father of Modern Philippine
pop culture found its Painting”
identity. o Works: The Sketch, The Artist
o Works: Pusakal, Talipandas and the Model
Ang Kiukok Jose T. Joya
o He spearheaded the birth, growth
o Known for his expressive,
and flowering of abstract
Cubist-like works.
expressionism” in the Philippines.
o Works: Geometric
o Works: Hills of Nikko, Abstraction,
Landscape, Pieta
Dimension of Fear
Vicente Manansala
o He was the developer of transparent
cubism.
o Works: A Cluster of Nipa Hut, San Francisco
Del Monte
LITERATURE
 LITERATURE
Francisco Arcellana
o Important progenitor of the Edith L. Tiempo
modern Filipino short story o Poet, fictionist, teacher and
o Works: Frankie, The Man Who literary critic
Would Be Poe, Death in a o Works: A Blade of Fern, The
Factory Native Coast
Bienvenido Lumbrera N.V.M Gonzales
o Recipient of the Ramon
o Fictionist, essayist, poet, and
Magsaysay Award
teacher
o Works: Tagalog Poetry, 1570-
o Works: The Winds of April, Seven
1898: Tradition and Influences
Hills Away
in its Development
Virgilio S. Almario
o The current chairman of the Komisyon sa
Wikang Filipino
o Works: Ang Makata sa Panahon ng Makina,
Balagtasismo versus Modernismo
 LITERATURE
Cirilio F. Bautista Nick Joaquin
o Contributed to the o Argued that Philippine letters
development of Philippine were polarized into extremes
literature o Works: The Woman Who Had
o Works: Summer Suns, Words Two Navels, A Portrait of the
and Battlefields Artist as Filipino

Amado V. Hernandez Lazaro Francisco

o He practiced “committed o “Masterful handling of the Tagalog
art” language” and “supple prose style”
o Works: Bayang Malaya, o Works: Ama, Bayang Nagpatiwakal,
Isang Dipang Langit Maganda Pa Ang Daigdig

F. Sionil Jose
o Works that depict class struggles in Filipino
society
o Works: The Pretenders, Tree, My Brother, My
Executioner
 LITERATURE
Carlos P. Romulo Jose Garcia Villa
o Recipient of many other honors o “Doveglion”
and honorary degrees o Works: Footnote to
o Works: The United, I Walked with Youth,Many Voices, Poems by
Heroes Doveglion

Alejandro Roces Rolando S. Tinio

o The country's best writer of
comic short stories o Directing the Teatro Pilipino
o Works: Of Cocks and Kites, o Works: Sitsit sa Kuliglig, Dunung –
My Brother’s Peculiar Dunungan, Kristal na Uniberso
Chicken
Levi Celerio
o He used the LEAF as a musical instrument
o Works: O Maliwanag Na Buwan” (Iloko), “Ako
ay May Singsing
FASHION
DESIGN
 FASHION DESIGN

Ramon Valera
o He was celebrated for his
ingenuity and craftsmanship,
for revolutionizing the national
costume, for his masterly
embroidery and beadwork
and for translating Philippine
motifs into contemporary
terms. The greatest of all was
his manipulation by cut—he
would sew a dress to
perfection without using a
pattern.
THEATER
DESIGN
 THEATER DESIGN

Salvador F. Bernal
o Starting in 1969, Bernal
designed more than 300
productions for drama,
musicals, operas and
concerts. He was known for
using indigenous and locally
available materials for his
stage designs, such as
bamboo, abaca fabric, twice-
raw hemp and rattan chain
links.
o Works: organized the PATDAT
DANCE
 DANCE
Francisca Reyes Aquino Ramon Obusan
o Folk Dance Pioneer o Forerunner of Philippine folk
o Works: Philippine National dance
Dances (1946); Gymnastics for o Works: Vamos a Belen! Series,
Girls Noon Po sa Amin

Alice Reyes Leonor Orosa Goquingco

o Visionary founder of Ballet o First Filipino to choreograph ballet
Philippines o Works: TREND: Return to Native, In a
o Works: Amada (1969), At a Javanese Garden
Maranaw Gathering (1970)

Lucrecia Reyes Urtula

o Singkil, Vinta, Tagabili, Pagdiwata, Salidsid,
Idaw, Banga and Aires de Verbena.
o Works: Vinta, Tagabili
HISTORICAL
LITERATURE
 HISTORICAL
LITERATURE
Carlos Quirino

o Best known for his early

biography of Jose Rizal
o Maps and Views of Old Manila,
Lives of the Philippine
Presidents
MUSIC
 MUSIC
Antonio Buenaventura Jose Maceda
o Renowned scholar in
o composed songs, compositions
ethnomusicology
o Works: Triumphal March, Echoes
o Works: Ugma-ugma(1963),
of the Past Pagsamba (1968)

Lucrecia R. Kasilag Ernani J. Cuenco

o Made more than 300 o Filipino love ballad by adding the
compositions elements of kundiman to it
o Works: Toccata for Percussions o Works: Nahan, Kahit na Magtiis,
and Winds, Divertissement and Diligin Mo ng Hamog ang Uhaw na
Concertante Lupa
Lucio San Pedro
o music evokes the folk elements of the
Filipino heritage
o Works: The Devil’s Bridge, Malakas at
Maganda Overture
 MUSIC

Antonio J Molina Francisco Feliciano

o “Asianness”
o “Dean of Filipino composers”
o Works: Ashen Wings (1995),
o Works: Misa Antoniana Grand
Sikhay sa Kabila ng Paalam
Festival Mass, Ang Batingaw (1993)

Levi Celerio Ramon P. Santos

o Known for being a leaf-player
o Contributed greatly to the quest
o Works: O Maliwanag Na Buwan
for new directions in music
(Iloko), Ako ay May Singsing
o Works: Panaghoy
(Pampango)
 MUSIC

Jovita Fuentes Felipe Padilla De Leon

o Active advocate of music and
o "Crisis Composer" of the
the arts
Philippine
o Works: Liu Yu in Puccini’s
o Works: Mariang Makiling
Turnadot, Mimi in Puccini’s La
Overture, Roca Encantada
Boheme

Andrea Veneracion Honorata Dela Rama

o producer and the writer of plays
o Philippine Madrigal Singers
o Works: Dalagang Bukid, Pangarap
ni Rosa
THEATER
 THEATER

Daisy Avellana Rolando S. Tinio

o Role as Candida Marasigan o Directing the Teatro Pilipino
o Works: Othello (1953), Macbeth o Works: Now and Forever,
in Black (1959) Gamitin Mo Ako, Bayad Pur

Wilfrido Ma Guerrero Honorata Dela Rama

o Artistic director of the UP o producer and the writer of plays
Mobile Theater o Works: Mascota, Sueño de un Vals,
o Works: Half an Hour in a and Marina
Convent, Wanted: A Chaperon,
Forever
 THEATER

Severino Montano
Salvador F. Bernal o Forerunner in institutionalizing
o designed more than 300 “legitimate theater”
productions for drama, o Works: started a graduate
musicals, operas and concerts. course at the Philippine
o Works: organized the PATDAT Normal College for theater
artists

Lamberto V. Avellana
o “The Boy Wonder of Philippine
Movies”
o Works: Sergeant Hasan (1967),
Destination Vietnam