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• Philippine contemporary arts


  Can be described into visual arts, literary arts and performing arts
• Visual art


  • Expression of artistic ideas through images, structures, and tactile work
  • Some visual artworks are integrated which means it combines several mediums to create new and unique artwork
  • Painting, sculpture, architecture, and film are examples of visual arts
• Painting


  • The expression of ideas and emotions, with the creation of certain aesthetic qualities, in a two-dimensional visual language
  • The elements of this language- its shapes, lines, colors, tones, and textures are used in various ways to produce sensations of volume, space, movement, and light on a flat surface
• Sculpture


  • An art form in which hard or plastic materials are worked into three-dimensional art objects
  • Filipino sculptors came to be known in the middle of the 19th century
• Architecture


  • The art and practice of designing and constructing buildings
  • Philippine architecture was characterized as simple, rational, and functional
  • In the 20th century, the young Filipino who studied in American colleges and institutes introduced the neoclassic style in building structures
  • After World War II, real estate development started to take place
• Film


  • A form of visual art used to imitate experiences that communicate ideas, stories, or feelings with the use of moving images
  • It is also called a movie or motion picture
  • The art form that is the result of the film is called cinema
• Literary arts


  • An expression of ideas through writing
  • Can be categorized as poetry, prose, and drama
• Literature


  • A term used to describe written and sometimes spoken material
  • Derived from the Latin word "literatura" meaning "writing formed with letters"
  • Most commonly refers to works of the creative imagination, including poetry, drama, fiction, nonfiction, and in some instances, journalism, and song
• Performing Arts


  • A person doing certain actions and movements in front of an audience that go along with sound in a space and time
• Music


  • A collection of coordinated sound or sounds
  • Contemporary music in the Philippines usually refers to compositions that have adopted ideas and elements from twentieth-century art music in the West, as well as the latest trends and musical styles in the entertainment industry
  • Filipino Music had already a rich and unique musical tradition long before westerners set foot on our native land
  • Music was present in every stage of our ancestors' lives from birth to death, in blissful or tragic times
• Theatre


  • A collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place
  • The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music, or dance
• Dance


  • The movement of the body in a rhythmic way, usually to music and within a given space, for the purpose of expressing an idea or emotion, releasing energy, or simply taking delight in the movement itself
  • Dances in the Philippines vary from Region to Region
• The Philippine Contemporary Art can be classified into seven major art forms: painting, sculpture, architecture, film, literature, music and theater, and dance
• Philippine contemporary arts can be described into visual arts, literary arts and performing arts
• Visual art is an expression of artistic ideas through images, structures, and tactile work
• Painting is the expression of ideas and emotions, with the creation of certain aesthetic qualities, in a two-dimensional visual language
• Sculpture is an art form in which hard or plastic materials are worked into three-dimensional art objects
• Architecture is the art and practice of designing and constructing buildings
• Film is a form of visual art used to imitate experiences that communicate ideas, stories, or feelings with the use of moving images
• Literary arts are an expression of ideas through writing
• Literature is a term used to describe written and sometimes spoken material
• A person doing certain actions and movements in front of an audience that go along with sound in a space and time is called Performing Arts
• Music is a collection of coordinated sound or sounds
• Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place
• Dance is the movement of the body in a rhythmic way, usually to music and within a given space, for the purpose of expressing an idea or emotion, releasing energy, or simply taking delight in the movement itself
• Contemporary Art


  Art influenced by the economic, social, political and environmental context where the artist is immersed in. It is the artist's expression of their perception and comprehension of these contexts.
• Examples of Contemporary Art Forms

  • Visual Arts: POP ART, WORD ART, CONCEPTUAL ART, INSTALLATION ART, PHOTOREALISM, CONTEMPORARY REALISM, GRAFFITI ART
  • Performance Arts: Music (blues, electronic, experimental, funk, hip-hop, jazz, metal, pop, rock, roots), Theater Art (stage, film, street play), Dance (flash mob, Street Dances comprising hip-hop, funk, house and rave)
  • Applied Arts: Video art, Photography, Computer art, Film and broadcasting, Architecture, Design and Allied Art
  • Literary Arts: Illustrated novels, Digi-fiction, Graphic-novels, Manga, Doodle fiction, text-talk novel, Flash fiction, Hyper poetry, Blog
• Contemporary Art is prominent in the Philippines and has been appreciated by so many people, and some of them were not even aware that they are looking at fine examples of Contemporary Art.
• Expressions of Contemporary Philippine Art are influenced by social, historical, geographical, ideational, personal and technical factors.
• Elements of Contemporary Art

  • Appropriation: modifications made by the artist
  • Hybridity: use of different art mediums that are put together
  • Technology: its application highlights the creativity of the artist
  • Performance: carried out for viewers to experience
  • Space: intricate use of space
• Integrative Art


  A fusion of different art disciplines using different styles and media in creating art
• Examples of Integrative Art

  • Use of computer applications combined with other media
  • Use of non-traditional art materials in creating artworks usually done with mixed art forms
• All forms of art can be found throughout the Philippines, with artworks coming from the seventeen regions of the three main island groups of Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao, having been exhibited in different exhibition halls and museums.
• Distinct features of Contemporary Philippine Art

  • Communal nature: reflects the relationships build around the bonds of community and society
  • Intuitive: Filipinos are immersed in their consciousness of themselves, their community and their culture
  • Holistic: individuals, groups of people and events are perceived in their entirety as well as the unitive use of art materials and forms
  • Creative process: the artist puts more emphasis on how their artwork was made than on the artwork itself
  • Integrative: encompasses religious, moral, spiritual, social, and environmental concerns
  • Multi-focal: considers everything and everyone, the wide perspective of the artwork as well as both artist and viewer
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