Contemporary

• Welcome to ARTS IN THE PHILIPPINES
• RHYTHM / MOVEMENT

  • The repetition of a motif or elements of art (lines, shapes, colors, etc.)
• VALUE

  • The use of light and dark colors. The contrast between the two can be used to create depth.
• TEXTURE

  • The simulated appearance of roughness and smoothness in visual arts or the actual surface
• COLOR

  • The element of music that is produced when artists use various pigments and dyes to create a range of different hues which the viewer's eyes and brain interpret
• BUL-UL

  A stylized sculpture representation of a human figure in wood
• ANGONO RIZAL is known as the "Art Capital of the Philippines"
• MAT WEAVING

  An old folk-art practice of our forefathers for centuries now
• BARONG TAGALOG

  A work of art popularly woven by the Southern Tagalogs, made by means of fabrics like pina and jusi (combination of abaca fibers)
• The development of Philippine Art comes in three major traditions

  • Ethnic Tradition
  • Spanish Colonial Tradition
  • American Colonial Tradition
  • Contemporary Traditions
• Ethnic Tradition: Pre-colonial time

  • Dances were imitations of animal movements

  Visual arts: pottery, weaving, wood carving, metal crafting

  Architecture: used local materials like anahaw, bamboo, cogon, cane, rattan

  Folk literature: folk speeches, songs, narratives

  Theater arts: tribal presentations and rituals

  Music: indigenous musical instruments like bamboo flutes and brass gongs
• Spanish-Colonial Tradition

  • Religion and secularization influenced art

  Literature: religious and secular prose and poetry

  Theater arts: secular and religious plays like the "komedya"

  Choreography: religious dances to venerate patrons and saints, secular dances like Valse, fandago, polka, and minuet

  Music: Spaniards introduced piano and Western instruments, bands and orchestra, Zarzuelas and operas

  Architecture: stones and bricks used, Western Spanish influence evident
• American-Colonial Tradition

  • Filipinos studied abroad, under American educators, and through observation and personal experiences

  Modern art refers to the practice of art in the 1860's-1960's

  Urbanization, consumerism, rise of the middle class, change in the political system, secularization, and the emergence of new technology affected art making

  Experimental approaches in developing art rose above traditional art practices and methodologies

  New forms of expression came which were avant-garde in nature
• Contemporary Art

  Refers to the recent and current practice of art ranging from the 1970s up to the present. It mirrors the society and culture of the present times. It uses a combination of different methods, materials, and ideas that transcend the traditional way of art making.