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• Contemporary Art


  The art that springs out of the present-day events and passions of the society. It is the newest form of art, amusing people from the middle to the late 20th century up to this time
• Contemporary Art


  A statement that an artist makes about life, thoughts, ideas, beliefs, and many other things that define human life
• Characteristics of Contemporary Art


  • Not confined in the museum
  • Practices a different way of selling art works
  • Many contemporary artists are self-taught and did not have formal education
  • Has a variety of materials or medium to choose from
  • Artists sometimes employ the help of fabricators, carpenters, electricians, or welders in "constructing" artworks
  • Originality is not an issue
  • The process, rather than sale, is essential
• Subject Matter


  Any person, animal, thing, or issue that is described or represented in a work
• Subject matter is not confined to representation of human figures and landscapes
• If an artwork is an experiment on technique, the subject matter is the technique itself
• In conceptual arts, the viewer has to engage thinking and exploring the meaning of the art work
• Techniques in Contemporary Arts


  • Collage
  • Decalcomania
  • Decoupage
  • Frottage
  • Montage
  • Trapunto
  • Digital applications
• Environment art


  Involves artistic creation and manipulation of space such as landscape or architectural design that may enclose its audience
• Performance art


  Consist of a variety of media and human body to execute an artistic theatrical expression before a live audience
• Op art - It uses lines or images repeatedly to create an optical illusion.
• Kinetic art - It is a sculpture that moves with the wind or with the help of a machine or electricity.
• Abstract expressionism - It is a painting style in which the artist applies paint in a manner that expresses emotions and feelings in a spontaneous way.
• Video art - It consists of images that are recorded through a video and viewed through television, computer, or projection screen.
• Minimalism - It shows a stripped-down, pre-fabricated look, free of details, and often with flat surface but expresses a specific content or statement.
• Feminist art - It tackles issues of identity, sexuality, gender roles, equality, and the ways in which the female is treated in society.
• Digital art - It is done with the aid of computer to create an image or design composed of bits and bytes. The image can be printed on paper, tarpaulin, or other mediums.
• Body art - It is an art form that uses body as the medium or main material. It can be painted or clothed and used to perform artistic act in public. Tattooing and piercing are also examples of body art.
• Postmodern art - It carries modern styles to extreme practices, often expressing an idea through a mix of materials such as found objects welded together.
• Frottage - the technique of creating a design by rubbing (as with a pencil) over an object placed underneath the paper
• Decoupage - the art of decorating surfaces by applying cutouts (as of paper) and then coating with usually several layers of finish (such as lacquer or varnish)
• Decalcomania - the art or process of transferring pictures and designs from specially prepared paper (as to glass)
• Collage - a piece of art made by sticking various materials such as photographs and pieces of paper or fabric onto a backing
• Digital applications - any application software that can be used by a computer, mobile device, or tablet to make and/or dial work of art
• Trapunto - a decorative quilted design in high relief worked through at least two (2) layers of cloth by outlining the design in running stitch and padding it from the underside
• Montage - the production of a rapid succession of images in a motion picture to illustrate an association of ideas
• Folk Architecture


  • Simple structures built of local materials and available tools to provide shelter for its inhabitants
• Types of Filipino folk architecture


  • Bahay Kubo or Nipa Hut
  • Bale or Ifugao House
  • Ivatan House in Batanes
  • Torogan or Maranao House
  • Badjao's Stilt Houses and Houseboats
• Bahay Kubo or Nipa Hut


  An icon to Filipino lowland and rural culture, a stilt house with walls usually made up of bamboo rods and bamboo mats or sawali, and a thatched roof made up of anahaw or nipa
• Bale or Ifugao House


  A one-room house with an attic for storage, located at the contour of the rice terraces, the exterior looks like a pyramid resting on four posts, the interior is enclosed by slanting walls and ceiling that appears to be spherical that are formed by the loft
• Ivatan House in Batanes


  Built with limestone walls, and cogon roofs, strong enough to withstand the typhoons and earthquakes, has narrow doors and windows with wooden shutters and often secured by wooden bars
• Torogan or Maranao House


  A stately house for the elite members of the Maranao tribe, a symbol of status and leadership, also serves as a courthouse, hall for community meetings, and its courtyard as ritual areas for weddings
• Badjao's Stilt Houses and Houseboats


  Badjao, the sea gypsies, cruise along the islands of Sulu, their unique ecological setting and fishing economy compel them to adjust to the limited space of their lepa or floating homes, they also live in stilt houses built out of driftwood and debris from the coastal cities
• Maritime Transports


  • Simple marine vessels made for the transport of goods and people by sea and other waterways in the surrounding regions
• Types of traditional Filipino maritime transports


  • Wooden Banca
  • Vinta
• Wooden Banca


  A small wooden outrigger canoe used for transport in daily activities by people near the coast, sometimes highly decorated
• Vinta


  A traditional boat made by Sama-Bajau (Badjao) and Moros living in the Sulu Archipelago, Zamboanga peninsula, and southern Mindanao, the assorted vertical colors in its sail represent the colorful culture of the Muslim community, used for inter-island transport of people and goods
• Weaving, Textile making, and Fabric Art


  • Early Filipinos weaved using fibers from abaca, cotton, pineapple and, bark, a tedious process spanning from a week up to months
• Traditional Filipino woven fabrics


  • Piña fabric
  • T'nalak woven cloth
  • Tingkep baskets
  • Hinabol
  • Yakan-weaved cloth
  • The Tapis of the Kalinga Tribe
• Piña fabric


  The oldest industry of Aklan, soft and delicate but durable and long-lasting, often used for our national costumes, the baro't saya and barong, can be blended with silk (piña silk) or abaca (piña jusi)