Contemporary Philippine arts

From the regions

 Lesson objectives
At the end of the lesson, students are expected to do the following:

A. define the term “contemporary art in historical, cultural and

stylistic terms;
B. explain the difference between contemporary art and modern art in
the context of the Philippines’ various histories, cultures and
identities;
C. appreciate the role of contemporary art and artists in Philippine
contemporary life; and
D. demonstrate the major characteristics of contemporary art through
an artwork that would require teamwork and collaboration.
contemporary art MODERN
ART
 HISTORICAL OVERVIEW: Philippine art
FORM PRE-CONQUEST SPANISH AMERICAN JAPANESE POSTWAR 70s
PERIOD PERIOD PERIOD REPUBLIC CONTEMPORAR
1521-1898 1898-1940 1941-1945 1946-1969 Y
PAINTING Potter, body Religious (icon Landscape, Wartime scene Modern, Figurative, non-
adornment, and ecclesiastical) portraiture, genre, (aggression, conservative, figurative, art for
ornament secular interior, still life nationalism, abstract, art sake,
(portraiture) atrocities, experimental multimedia,
SCULPTURE symbolic, protest, public art transmedia
aspiration for
peace)

Propaganda

Indigenizing and
Orientalizing
works
ARCHITECTUR
E
 PHILIPPINE
paintings
SPANISH
PRE- PERIOD AMERICAN
CONQUEST PERIOD
 HISTORICAL OVERVIEW: Philippine art
FORM PRE-CONQUEST SPANISH AMERICAN JAPANESE POSTWAR 70s
PERIOD PERIOD PERIOD REPUBLIC CONTEMPORAR
1521-1898 1898-1940 1941-1945 1946-1969 Y
PAINTING Potter, body Religious (icon Landscape, Wartime scene Modern, Figurative, non-
adornment, and ecclesiastical) portraiture, genre, (aggression, conservative, figurative, art for
ornament secular interior, still life nationalism, abstract, art sake,
(portraiture) atrocities, experimental multimedia,
SCULPTURE Pottery, carving Santos, furniture, Free standing, symbolic, protest, public art transmedia
and woodwork, reliefs, altar relief, public aspiration for
metalwork and pieces, jewelry, peace)
expression metalwork, fiesta,
ornamentation Propaganda

Indigenizing and
Orientalizing
works
ARCHITECTUR
E
 PHILIPPINE
SCULPTURES
SPANISH
PRE- PERIOD AMERICAN
CONQUEST PERIOD
 HISTORICAL OVERVIEW: Philippine art
FORM PRE-CONQUEST SPANISH AMERICAN JAPANESE POSTWAR 70s
PERIOD PERIOD PERIOD REPUBLIC CONTEMPORAR
1521-1898 1898-1940 1941-1945 1946-1969 Y
PAINTING Potter, body Religious (icon Landscape, Wartime scene Modern, Figurative, non-
adornment, and ecclesiastical) portraiture, genre, (aggression, conservative, figurative, art for
ornament secular interior, still life nationalism, abstract, art sake,
(portraiture) atrocities, experimental multimedia,
SCULPTURE Pottery, carving Santos, furniture, Free standing, symbolic, protest, public art transmedia
and woodwork, reliefs, altar relief, public aspiration for
metalwork and pieces, jewelry, peace)
expression metalwork, fiesta,
ornamentation Propaganda

Indigenizing and
Orientalizing
works
ARCHITECTUR Dwellings and Church, plaza City planning Public works Real estate, safe housing, tenements,
E houses shelters, complex; town parks, waterfronts, squatters, convention arch, condos,
worship areas, planning, civic and malls, subdivisions, development, low
official residences, fortification, civic government cost housing
mosque, masjid, buildings and structures, public
state edifices installations, works, apartments,
private residences, health and public
cemeteries, education,
bridges, lighthouse business
 PHILIPPINE
ARCHITECTURES
SPANISH
PRE- PERIOD AMERICAN
CONQUEST PERIOD
 Contemporary art
• art that is produced by artists living today
• declared by the virtue “of the present”

THE
CONTRAST
H.R.
OCAMPO
 Contemporary art
• art that is produced by artists living today
• declared by the virtue “of the present”

THE CONTRAST BAGONG

HERNANDO R. TAON
OCAMPO ARTURO
LUZ
 Contemporary art
• art that is produced by artists living today
• declared by the virtue “of the present”
• “contemporary” is a fluid term, its use can
change depending on its context
• “modern” and “contemporary” can be used
interchangeably but it is important to know the
historical, and stylistic contexts of the terms
THE CONTRAST
HERNANDO R.
OCAMPO
 modern art movement
VICTORIO EDADES
- initiated the Modern Art movement that challenged
Neoclassic style which was dominant at the time he came
home from America before the war

NEOCLASSIC STYLE
- depicts reality as closely as possible and idealizes it
- familiar and comfortable
- described by art historians like Guillermo as NATIONAL ARTIST
VICTORIO
“academic”, continued to be taught in schools particularly EDADES

the University of the Philippines School of Fine Arts

 modern art
• do not aim to copy and idealize reality; instead
they change the colors and flatten the picture
instead of creating illusions of depth, nearness
and farness instead of the beautiful and
pastoral, they depict what might be thought of
as “ugly” and unpleasant
• “traditional” compared to Contemporary Art,
Contemporary Art is the art of the present,
which is continuously in process and in flux FRUGAL MEAL
CESAR LEGASPI
 Contemporary vs modern art

Contemporary Art might become “academic” or

“traditional” at some point.

The styles of Modern Art are now part of school

curricula and have become academic.

Thus, the distinction between Modern Art and

Contemporary Art could also be a matter if
perception and reception depending on the
contexts.
contemporary art MODERN
ART
 PHILIPPINE
paintings
MAGPUPUKOT THE BUILDERS
FISHING SCENE
 Neo-realist
• name created by critic Aguilar Cruz wherein a
painting that is created by Modern Artists were
actively depicting the social conditions in the
aftermath of World War II
• artists depicted the society’s problems and
challenged the Neo-classic rural pastoral style
associated with Amorsolo and Tolentino
 Stylistic overview: Philippine art
FORM PRE- SPANISH/ AMERICAN MODERN POSTMODERN/
COLONIAL ISLAMIC COLONIAL CONTEMPORARY
COLONIAL
PAINTING Incipient
Religious/ Triumvirate
devotional Abstract, Collaborative,
Religious Secular Neorealist, Hyper-realist
(animist or Formal Classical, Surreal,
Islamic) Naturalistic Idyllic, Expressionist
Community- (homegrown, Nostalgic
SCULPTURE based inter- miniaturismo, Abstract Junk/scrap,
ethnic relations guild) Expressionism Duchampian, site specific,
Collective Academic performance art, hybrid
history

ARCHITECT Worship-related Neoclassic, art International

URE and residential deco, Art industrializing, Filipino architecture, urban
Earthquake Nouveau, eclectic planning, economic zone,
Baroque California Mission prefab, regionalist,
Hispanic Style cosmopolitan
revivalist
(neogothic,
Islamic)
 cultural overview
FORM Indigenous Islamic or Folk or Fine or Popular or
Southeast Philippine Lowland world- urban and
Asian Muslim based mass based

PAINTING Colonial Museum- Mass

SCULPTU and post- circulated, produced,
RE Ritual and governance colonial artist market
ARCHITE centered oriented
CT gallery
distributed
 IBN SAUD SALIPYASIN AHMAD
• from Zamboanga, Mindanao
• comes from a hybrid mixture of the local Subanen and
traditional Maguindanao cultures
• Contemporary artist but his cultural context is
indigenous Southeast Asian and Philippine Muslim
• his style can be considered “traditional” as it draws on
the tradition and intricacy of drafting technique

MEDIUM – watercolor
SUBJECT – people of his locality
The most common characteristics of contemporary
art revolved around:
1.Being site-specific.
2.Process-based
3.Collaborative
4.Interactive
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