Contemporary Art

• Contemporary art


  Art being created now
• Contemporary


  Derived from the Latin prefix "con" meaning "together" or "with", plus "tempus" meaning "time"
• Chronological view of contemporary art

  • Related to this current period in art history
  • New
  • Recent
  • Modern
  • Pertains to the present moment
• Historical usage of contemporary art

  • A specific stage in the story of the evolution of art
  • Referring to a specific location in space and time
• Contemporary art in the Philippines

  • Emerged in reaction to social and cultural realities during the 1970's, an era of repression and censorship of artistic expressions
  • Became a means to oppose the regime
  • The political art of social realism flourished at this time
  • Socio realism sought to expose the real condition of Philippine society and used art to transform it
  • Progressive art developed a culture that would convey the authentic aspirations of the Filipino people
• The end of Martial Law in the wake of EDSA People Power Revolution, bringing the Philippines into the contemporary period


  1986
• Contemporary art


  • A transgression of established norms and rules
  • Established art forms are scrutinized and reworked to see them with fresh eyes
  • Ruled by the cult of the new, endeavoring to create works of art that are "radical" and "interdisciplinary"
• Appropriation


  The practice of creating a new work by taking a pre-existing image or from another context and combining the borrowed image with new ones
• Contemporary art and Local Heritage

  • Professes an awareness of local heritage which can be passed from one generation to the next, can be conserved or inherited, and has historic or cultural value
  • These are physical objects, places of heritage and the various practices of heritage unique to the region or locality that are conserved or handed down from one generation to the next
• Komiks


  A special form of contemporary literature which involves drawing frames showing a set of characters with their actions and usually contains balloons enclosed with words or dialogue
• Music


  An arrangement of sounds to create a continuous and unified composition
• Elements of Music


  • Melody
  • Rhythm
  • Harmony
  • Texture
  • Dynamics
  • Timbre
  • Form
• Melody


  A succession of consecutive notes or tones changing in pitch and duration
• Rhythm


  Has three qualities: tempo which describes how fast or slow the music is; meter which refers to the unit of time that is made up of beats or pulses; and rhythmic pattern
• Harmony


  A combination of different tones or pitches played or sung together at the same time
• Texture


  The relationship of melodic and harmonic lines in music
• Dynamics


  The degree of softness and loudness of music
• Timbre


  Also known as tone color, the quality of sound generated by the instrument or voice
• Form


  How the elements of music are organized
• Forms and Types Of Philingi