Visual Arts Handouts

CONTEMPORARY PHILIPPINE ARTS FROM THE REGION
Art is the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, producing works to be
appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power
Contemporary art is the art made today by living artists.
• it reflects the complex issues that shape our diverse, global and rapidly changing world.
• It is developed in the year 1960s-present time
Contemporary Art Forms
Visual Arts: artworks such as painting, photography or sculptures that appeals primarily to the visual
sense and typically exists in permanent form
Performing Arts: a time-based art form that typically features a live presentation to an audience.
a. Dance: It is the art of the human form, body is used, mobilized and choreographed in a
specific time, form and space.
b. Music: It is the art form that combines vocal and instrumental sound to create a
composition.
c. Theater: It is the art form of performance. It is also a collaborative art form which
combines words, voice, movement and visual elements to express meaning.
Literary arts/ Literature: it is the art form of language through the combine use of words, creating
meaning and experience.
I. Architecture: is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills
associated with construction.
Film: A popular form of mass media. It is a technological translation of theater; special effects are utilized
to enhance the story telling.
ELEMENTS OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS
Appropriation: is the use of pre-existing objects or images in their art with little transformation of the
original.
Performance: Interpreting various human activities such as chores, routines and rituals
Space: art form that is performed and positioned in a specific space. Indoor or outdoor.
Hybridity: mixing two or many elements to form the other. It is also the usage of unconventional
materials to produce artwork.
Technology: usage of technology in the creation and dissemination of artworks.

VISUAL ARTS
• Art forms perceived by the eyes.

• Known as spatial arts because it is an art form that occupy space.
THE PRIMARY DISTINCTION IN THE VISUAL ARTS
I. Graphic arts: visual art forms with length and width known as 2D art
II. Plastic arts: visual art forms with length, width and volume known as 3D
DIFFERENT FORMS AND DISCIPLINES
I. Fine arts: the artworks we readily associate with art. “fine arts” was first used to describe the art
forms created primarily for their appearance rather than their practical use.
II. Decorative arts: artworks that aesthetically pleasing and functional.
III. Contemporary Art: new and usual art forms that could not be easily categorizes between fine
arts and decorative arts. Art style and techniques that are avant-garde or experimental
• Pop art: an art movement that emerged in the UK and USA during the mid to late 1950s.
It includes imagery from popular and mass culture object, such as advertising, comic
books etc.
• Word art: form of art that include text, forming words or phrases. It is a combination of
language and imagery
• Graffiti: is form of visual communication created in public places.
• Conceptual art: artwork whose medium is an idea or a concept, usually manipulated by
the tools of language and sometimes documented photographs. Its focus is on the
concept of the art instead of the finished art pieces
• Installation Art: a 3D visual artwork, often created for specific place (in situ) and
designed to change the perception of space
• Photorealism: an extremely realistic style of painting and drawing, in which the artwork
is based entirely on photograph.
Contemporary Visual Arts in the Philippines
• American Period: Education was introduced.

• Filipinos who studied abroad and influenced the art making in the Philippines.
They introduced the concept of modern art in the country.
▪ Juan Arellano
▪ Diosdado Lorenzo
▪ Victorio Edades: introduced modern visual art through his art exhibition
-uses dull and dark hues in his works with the life of the laborers, workers and
lower sector of the society
THIRTEEN MODERNS: thirteen artists followed the path of the triumvirate
Some of the thirteen moderns
• Vicente Manansala
• Cesar Legaspi
• Anita Magsaysay-Ho
• Hernando Ocampo
• Carlos Francisco
- The subjects of art works shifted from rural to urban themes. Urban setups became the usual
subjects of visual arts.
PROLETARIAN ART: depicts the life after war, social issues and economic problems
Institution that is created to support modern art
- Art Association of the Philippines by Purita Kalaw-Ledesma

- Philippine Art Gallery by Lydia Villanueva-Arguilla
CUBISM
Paris Cubism: it is a kind of cubism showing fragmented figures in larger planes, color harmonies and
texture.
Artist: Vicente Manansala, Romeo Tabuena, Cesar Legaspi
ABSTRACT
Artists: Hernando Ocampo, Constantino Bernardo, Frederico Aguilar Alcuaz, Arturo Luz, Jose Joya
SCULPTURE
Napoleon Abueva: Sculptor
• Woods
• Metals
• Stones
Other sculptors who joined Abueva in his modernism uses:
• Plastics
• Jade
• Brass
- Reflects dynamism, freedom of expression and concern to the masses
Ang Kiokok: painted in expressionistic cubistic style
BenCab: worked with realism and experimental devices.
Ramon Orlina and Impy Pilapil: Sculptors who used glass in making art
SURREALISM: an art and literary movement that utilized fantasy, myth and dream imagery when
creating art.
Two known surrealists:
- Galo Ocampo
- Juvenal Sanso
MAGIC REALISM: refers to the style in the painting showing minute details of the subjects and
highlighting their texture and color
Example: Bigas by Nestor Leynes
GENRE PAINTING: showing the lives of townfolks legends and traditions stayed in the Philippine
Contemporary period.
USE OF INDIGENOUS MATERIALS: became trend in sculptures and installation art to promote
environmental awareness.
Artists:
- Junyee
- Roberto Villanueva
- Roberto Fleo
In order to promote and preserve the rich artistry of the country, National Government through the
NCCA’s Committee on Visual Arts (CVA) launched an education program.
Committee on Gallery developed an annual art exhibition,
ART GROUPS FOUNDED
• Baguio Art Guild

• Bacolod’s Black Artist in Asia
These groups create workshops, art festivals and art exhibitions to encourage young generations to take
part in enriching the country’s visual art.

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CONTEMPORARY PHILIPPINE ARTS FROM THE REGION

Contemporary art is the art made today by living artists.

Contemporary Art Forms

ELEMENTS OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS

Technology: usage of technology in the creation and dissemination of artworks.

• Art forms perceived by the eyes.

THE PRIMARY DISTINCTION IN THE VISUAL ARTS

DIFFERENT FORMS AND DISCIPLINES

Contemporary Visual Arts in the Philippines

• American Period: Education was introduced.

They introduced the concept of modern art in the country.

Some of the thirteen moderns

Institution that is created to support modern art

- Art Association of the Philippines by Purita Kalaw-Ledesma

Artist: Vicente Manansala, Romeo Tabuena, Cesar Legaspi

Napoleon Abueva: Sculptor

Other sculptors who joined Abueva in his modernism uses:

Ang Kiokok: painted in expressionistic cubistic style

BenCab: worked with realism and experimental devices.

Two known surrealists:

Example: Bigas by Nestor Leynes

Committee on Gallery developed an annual art exhibition,

ART GROUPS FOUNDED

• Baguio Art Guild

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