UNIT 3 1 LESSON

• Rodel Tapaya


  "Though his medium is traditional, his paintings are not."
• Dexter Sy


  "Research often takes a more significant time rather than the actual work on the art."
• Rodel Tapaya and Dexter Sy


  • Traditional style
  • Culture and history of Philippines
  • Folk subjects and myths from Filipino folktales (manananggals, tikbalangs and Bernardo Carpio)
  • Mix heritage of Filipino-Chinese
  • Chinese folk arts and symbols, borrowed from traditional Chinese paintings and costume
  • Use of Catholic images, indigenous Filipino motifs and ubiquitous Filipino products
  • He used the Good Moming towels for the DNA (2015)
• Rodel Tapaya


  • Folkgotten (2008)
• Dexter Sy


  • Modern Manananggals (2013)
  • Cane of Kabunian, Numbered but Cannot be Counted
  • Mountain Fantasies
  • Self Recognized by the Others (2015)
  • DNA (2015)
• Ronald Riel Jaramillo Hilario


  "He believes that these sculptures should not just be artifacts of our past but expressions of our worldviews and thus senses of our identity."
• Clifford Espinosa


  • "He believes that functional things can be at the same time beautiful."
  • "He believes that by replicating these indigenous techniques, he also preserves and honors our heritage."
• Clifford Espinosa


  • Wood crafting
  • Family techniques
  • Religious iconography of Catholicism
  • Indigenous forms of crafts
  • Assembling and creating furniture without the use of nails
  • Green architecture (environmentalism)
  • Secondhand woods
• John Paul Antido


  "His paintings are said to be an allegory of the situation of the Filipinos where their psyche seem to live in two contradicting eras when compared to global situation."
• Ricky Ambagan


  "He finds interest in the impermanence of things, which he tries to capture in the art."
• Aze Ong


  • "She often invokes the spirits to guide her craft."
  • "Art for her is a way of life."
  • "The creation of art should be shared with the audience and an exhibit is its main celebration."
• Alma Quinto


  "She believes that art has a social responsibility to the community and that art can be used as a tool for healing and collaboration."
• Aze Ong and Alma Quinto


  • Impasto technique
  • Filipino heritage in contemporary setting
  • Flower Rush (2013)
  • Present Filipino daily grind
  • Distortion
  • Colorful and organic forms made of crocheted threads
  • Immersed with the Talaandig culture and tradition
  • Inspired from within and nature, her emotions
  • Not static
  • Alluring, whimsical, playful and colorful
  • On the Night of Sendong: Narratives of Children Survivors
  • Soft Dreams and Bed Stories
• Peter James Fantinalgo and Moreen Austria


  "Their collection hopes for people to reflect and reevaluate what they know about their region historically and sociologically."
• Nunelucio Alvarado


  "Raise awareness on the Sakadas of Negros and other marginalized people of the society."
• Manuel Pañares


  "He believes in the power of art as a medium of learning."
• Martino Abellana (a.k.a. Noy Tinong)


  "Dean of Cebuano Painters"
• Martino Abellana


  • Sculptures
  • Collaboration
  • Paintings
  • His home province problems: injustice and poverty
  • Very bold in expression and emotion
  • Figures facing front
  • Use of ornamentation that spirals from his composition
  • Historical themed paintings (history of Cebu and Mindanao)
  • Etymology as his painting
• Martino Abellana


  • Lawig (Hiligaynon word for umbilical cord)
  • Babaye (made full of symbolism: expressionless faces, ornamented with spikes and thorns and zigzag patterns)
  • Sugbo sa Karaang Panahon (precolonial times of the Visayas and tribes of Mindanao)
  • Seascapes (beaches of Cebu)
• Mariano Amar Catague (Painter of the Lumads)


  "He often shows the native people in the serenity of their homeland."
• Rameer Tawasil


  "He hopes to create a revival of the colorful vintas."
• Mariano Amar Catague


  • Depicts Lumads in his paintings
  • Paint them in tribal attire, playing their indigenous musical instruments or doing ordinary chores
  • Attention to facial expressions especially the eyes
  • Enlarging and ornamenting the hands and feet
  • Use of vibrant and bold colors and apply indigenous Muslim motifs (Okir)
• Mariano Amar Catague


  • Painting of the Lumads
  • Video of Lumadnon theater group "Kaliwat Theater Collective"
• Rameer Tawasil


  • The Poetry of the Sea Butterflies
• Saudi Ahmad


  "He believes that through his work he can connect the values of the past to the present making it more relevant to younger generation."
• Bert Monterona


  • "Artist should still retain what is called "basic native creativity" and use local materials to create a more authentic art in terms of form and emotions...this is the way to be truly unique and nationalistic."
  • "He believes that as an artist it is his duty and responsibility to educate through art."
• Abdulmari Imao


  • Inspired by the rich culture and tradition of the Filipino Muslims
  • Genre paintings of community life, his figures clothed in colorful and detailed costume
  • His trademark technique is the "subtraction"
  • Use of color, human figures, symbols and motifs of Filipino heritage
  • Use of indigenous materials for his mix media art (tapestry painting and bamboo stick painting)
  • As a political artist, he uses his works to give commentaries on the issues of the present
  • His stylized depictions are indigenous motifs such okir, sarimanok, and naga
  • Elements that inspired by his Muslim faith such as calligraphy and arabesque patterns
• Abdulmari Imao


  • Tapestry painting - depicts Filipino myths and rituals decorated with native motifs such as cloud scallops, triangular mountains, flame and leaf-like patterns by the outgrowth of flora and the terrain
  • Bamboo stick painting - textile paint, chipboard (cakes and gift box) - different sizes and widths of bamboo as a palette and brush