Characteristics and Artists

• Contemporary: Happening or beginning now or in recent times
• Contemporary: belonging to or occuring in the present
• Art: a form of expression
• Art: expression or application of human creative skill and imagination
• Contemporary Period: started after the 1945 (WW2)
• there are over 100 art styles and movements under the contemporary art
• Contemporary art: employ collaborative and interactive practices to gain popularity
• Spoliarium: inspired a scene of Heneral Luna
• Spoliarium: painted by Juan Luna
• Spoliarium: depicts the scene where gladiators were thrown into an arena filled with wild animals
• Spoliarium: Received an award at Exposicion Nacional de Bellas Artes held in Madrid Spain in 1884.
• Mimesis: copy and imitation of an original work or art work
• Western Contemporary Artists:

  • Jackson Pollock
  • Marcel Duchamp
  • Andy Warhol
• Jackson Pollock: American painter and a major figure in the abstract expressionist movement.
• Jackson Pollock: Born on January 28, 1912 and died on August 11, 1956 (age 44 years)
• Jackson Pollock: used a style of drip painting, where he would pour paint onto the canvas and let it drip down. A splashing of paint technique
• Marcel Duchamp: Full name is Henri Robert Marcel Duchamp
• Marcel Duchamp: known for cubism Artworks in the west
• Cubism: A style of art that uses geometric shapes and planes to create the illusion of three dimensions.
• Marcel Duchamp: born July 28, 1887, died October 2, 1968 (81 yrs old)
• Marcel Duchamp: French- American painter, sculptor, chess player, and writer.
• Andy Warhol: American artist, director and producer who was a leading figure in the visual art movement called POP ART.
• Pop Art: also known as Popular Art
• Andy Warhol: Born August 6, 1928; died February 22, 1987 (58 y/o)
• Filipino Contemporary Artists:

  • Victorio C. Edades
  • Carlos “Botong” Francisco
  • Cesar Legaspi
• Victorio C. Edades: Filipino painter. He led the revolutionary thirteen moderns, who engaged their classical compatriots in heated debate over the nature and function of art. Named as National Artist in 1976.
• Victorio C. Edades: Born December 23, 1895; died March 7, 1985 (89 y/o)
• Victorio C. Edades: Father of modern Arts in the Philippines
• Carlos "Botong" Francisco: Full name Carlos Modesto Villaluz Francisco
• Carlos “Botong” Francisco: Muralist in Angono Rizal
• Carlos “Botong” Francisco: Born November 4, 1912; died March 31, 1969 (age 56 years)
• Cesar Legaspi: Filipino National Artist in Painting.
• Cesar Legaspi: He is also an art director prior to going full-time in his visual art practice in the 1960’s.
• Cesar Legaspi: Born April 2, 1917; died April 7, 1994 (age 77 years)
• Cesar Legaspi: known for cubism art in the Philippines