Art: Meaning and Forms

• Arts is an expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form.
• Arts is producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power.
• Contemporary is defined as happening, existing, living, or coming into being during the same period of time
• Contemporary Arts refers to art of any form and genre that produced in our contemporary time, simply put as “art created today.”
• Genres are categories of artistic creation and are characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter.
• Contemporary Arts is an expressions of the artist’s thoughts and feelings based on their experience of the here and now which current events, issues and social concerns affecting the society where the artist lives in.
• Visual Arts

  • Pop Art
  • Word Art
  • Conceptual Art
  • Installation Art
  • Photorealism
  • Contemporary Realism
  • Graffiti Art
• Performance Arts

  • Music
  • Theater Art
  • Dance
• Applied Arts

  • Video Art
  • Photography
  • Computer Art
  • Film and Broadcasting
  • Architecture, Design, and Allied Art
• Literary Arts

  • Illustrated Novel
  • Digi-Fiction
  • Graphic Novels
  • Manga
  • Doodle Fiction
  • Text-Talk Novels
  • Chick Literature
  • Flash Fiction
  • Hyper Poetry
  • Blog
• Performance is carried out for viewers to experience
• Performance includes the processes used by the artist to create the work
• Appropriation relates to the modification made by the artist
• Appropriation is the usage of prints, images and icons to produce another art form
• Technology highlights the creativity of the artist
• Hybridity refers in the use of different art mediums that are put together.
• Space is intricate use of space
• Integrative Art employs the use of different art elements used together in distinct different expressions.
• Integrative Art is the fusion of different art disciplines using different styles and media in creating art.
• Integrative Art comes in different sizes and shapes, forms and styles as observed in Junk Art which is a sculptural rendition using discarded or used materials.
• Communal Nature - Reflects the relationships build around the bonds of community and society.
• Holistic - As individuals, groups of people and events are perceived in their entirety as well as the unitive use of art materials and forms.
• Intuitive - As Filipinos are immersed in their consciousness of themselves, their community and their culture.
• Multi-Focal - As it considers everything and everyone, the wide perspective of the artwork as well as both artist and viewer.
• Integrative - As it encompasses religious, moral, spiritual, social, and environmental concerns.
• Creative Process - As the artist puts more emphasis on now their artwork was made than on the artwork itself.