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• 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
• National Artist


  A Filipino who has made a significant contribution to the development of Philippine arts in the fields of Music, Dance, Theater, Visual Arts, Literature, Film and Architecture
• Gawad Pambansang Alagad ng Sining


  The highest national recognition for the arts in the Filipino context
• Order of the National Artists Award

  The highest national recognition given to Filipino individuals who have made significant contributions to the development of Philippine arts
• Order of the National Artists Award

  • Concurrent administered by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP)
  • Conferred by the President of the Philippines upon recommendation by both institutions
• Proclamation No.1001 dated April 27, 1972


  Established the Order of the National Artist Award
• The first award was given to Fernando Amorsolo
• Categories under which National Artists can be recognized

  • Literature
  • Film and Broadcasting / Broadcast Arts
  • Architecture, Design and Allied Arts
  • Music
  • Dance
  • Theater
  • Visual Arts
• Qualifications for the National Artist Award

  • Living artists who are natural-born Filipino citizens
  • The content and form of their work have procured in building a Filipino sense of nationhood
  • An artist who have developed a mode of creative expression or style and living a legend on succeeding generations of artists
  • An artist who manifest excellence in the practice of their art form
  • The artwork made has attained an international and national recognition
• Insignia of the Order of the National Artists

  Formed from a Grand Collar featuring circular links depicting the arts and an eight-pointed sunburst suspended from a sampaguita wreath in green and white enamel. The center of the badge is divided into three equal portions, in red, white and blue representing the Philippine Flag with three stylized letter K's that stands for the CCP's motto "Katotohanan, Kabutihan at Kagandahan" (The true, the good and the beautiful). The Grand Collar is made from silver gilt bronze.
• National Artists of the Philippines

  • Architecture: Juan Nakpil, Pablo Antonio, Leondro V. Locsin, Ramon Valera, Jose Maria Zaragoza, I.P Santos
  • Dance: Francisca Reyes Aquino, Leonor Orosa-Goquingco, Lucrecia Reyes Urtula, Ramon Obusan
  • Film: Gerardo de Leon, Lino Brocka, Ishmael Bernal, Eddie S. Romero, Manuel Conde
  • Literature: Calos P. Romulo, Francisco Arcellana, N.V. M Gonzales, Carlos Quirino, Edith L. Tiempo, F. Sionil Jose, Virgilio S. Almario, Bienvenido Lumbera, Lazaro Francisco, Cirilo F. Bautista
  • Music: Antonio J. Molina, Jovita Fuentes, Antonio R. Buenaventura, Lucrecia R. Kasilag, Lucio D. San Pedro, Felipe Padilla de Leon, Jose Maceda, Levi Celerio, Ernani Joson Cuenco, Andrea O. Veneracion, Francisco Feliciano, Ramon Santos
  • Theater: Honorata "Atang" de la Rama, Levi Celerio, Wlfrido Ma. Guerero, Rolando S. Tinio, Daisy Avellana, Severino Montano
  • Visual Arts: Fernando C. Amorsolo, Carlos "Botong" V. Francisco, Guillermo E. Tolentino, Victorio C. Edades, Napoleon V. Abueva, Vicente Manansala, Cesar Legaspi, Hernando R. Ocampo, Arturo R. Luz, J. Elizalde Navarro, Ang Kiukok, Jose T. Joya, Abdulmari Asia Imao, Bencab, Federico Aguillar Alcuaz, Francisco Coching
• Works of Filipino National Artists

  • Oblation by Guillermo Tolentino at the University of the Philippines in Diliman
  • Romantic paintings of bucolic landscapes and idealized portraits by Fernando Amorsolo at the National Museum
  • Mural entitled Barter of Panay (1978) by Jose Tanig Joya at the Virata School of Business, rendered in Abstract expressionist style
  • Pagsamba by Jose Maceda involving a hundred mixed voices and indigenous musical instruments, and founding of the UP Center for Ethnomusicology where he donated his valuable collections