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• "Contemporary"


  It is derived from the latin prefix "con" which means "together" or "with", "plus tempus" which means "time"
• Chronological


  Defines contemporary art as art related to this current period in art history, and refers to art that is new, recent, modern, or pertains to the presents. This defines contemporary art as "art produced in our era or lifetime".
• Historical 


  A specific episode, or stage in the story of the evolution of the art, referring to the specific location in space and time.
• Contemporary art emerged in the philippines to social and cultural realities during. This period was an era of repression and censorship of artistic expression.

  1970s
• Appropriation 


  An important preoccupation in the world of contenporary art.
• Local heritage


  Something that can be passed from one generation to the next.
• Functions of contemporary art

  • Pleasure
  • Profession
  • Commentary
  • Spirituality
  • Remembrance
  • Persuasion
  • Self - expression
• Primary context


  Pertains to the artist: his or her attitudes, beliefs, interests, and values; education and training; and biography(including psychology)
• Secondary context


  Addresses the external conditions in which the work was produced
• Promdi 


  Short for "from the provinces"
• Fundamental components of art

  • Form
  • Creativity
  • imagination
  • Language
  • Interpretation
  • Political economy
  • Ideology
• Creativity


  The generation of new ideas, insight, and previously unimagined images and artifacts
• Imagination 


  Allows us to generate mental pictures, ideas, and sensations that do not exist in the world and in some cases cannot exist
• Language


  A medium by which cultural meanings are formed and communicated
• Interpretation


  It is concerned the search for meaning
• Political economy


  It is concerned with power and the distribution of economic resources in the context of art production
• Ideology 


  It is unearthed and reveal from the surface of the form
• Art production 


  Creating things that express one's thoughts and emotions is an essential human activity
• Art criticism 


  Most often, people look at art and make an instant judgement without knowing why
• Aesthetics


  It refers to the nature, beauty, and value of a work of art
• The goverment's support for art and cultural development is partucularly highlighted by the passage of R.A 7356 that created the National Commision for Culture and the Arts


  NCCA
• The "mouseion" of the Greeks laid the fundamental concept for a "museum"
• Context of art in 2 types

  • Primary context
  • Secondary context
• four-step process that seeks to address the following questions

  1. What do you see? (description) 2. How is the work organized? (Analysis) 3. What message does this artwork communicate (Interpretation) 4. Is this a successful work of art? (Judgement)
• Art patronage 


  refers to the support that wealthy personalities and corporate entities bestow on artists.
• Art market 


  Practices in the world of art are sustained an economic system composed of galleries, collectors, museums, biennales, art fairs, and the art media, which collectively known as market.
• Art history


  the study of art, past and present, and its contributions to culture and society. It provides answers to questions who, what, when, where, and why.
• Historical inquiry into a work of art may take a wide range of forms:

  • Attribution
  • Authenticity
  • Iconography
  • Provenance
  • Function
  • Style
  • Psychology
  • Connoisseurship
• Attribution


  Where, when, why, and by whom was the work made?
• Authenticity


  What scholarly verification is made to document and affirm the attribution of the work?
• Iconography


  What are the meanings of the objects, symbols, and motifs in the work?
• Provenance


  What is the history of the ownership of the work?. Who were the previous owners? What were the circumstances behind the transfer of ownership across generations?
• Function


  What was the original function of the work? Why was it created?
• Psychology


  What personal factors help relate the artist to his or her time and the work to a particular social or cultural condition?
• Style


  What are the remarkable characteristics or qualities that identify the work? How is the work related to a body of work in a particular period?
• Connoisseurship


  How does the intensive study of the work reveal or help resolve the problems of authorship, ownership, or physical condition?
• art world


  composed of all the people involved in the production, commission, presentation, preservation, promotion, chronicling, criticism, sale, or consumption of art.
• Contemporary Art as a Critique of a Society 


  Contemporary art has emerged as a powerful medium for artists to express their thoughts, ideas, and critiques of society. In an ever-changing world, artists have embraced the opportunity to challenge societal norms, question established systems, and provoke meaningful conversations through their artwork.
• Contemporary art as a breaking of norms 


  This have three cathegories Transgression, appropriation, and emphase.

  Contemporary Art and Local Heritage – Heritage is something that can be conserved or inherited and has a historic or cultural value. These are physical objects and places of heritage, and the various practices of heritage.
• Contemporary art 


  It emerged in the Philippines in reaction to social and cultural realities during the 1970s. This period was an era of repression and censorship of artistic expression. Martial Law: control over the print media, radio, television, school, and the arts through various Presidential Decrees, and established a network of cultural and art institutions governed by Imelda Marcos.