Contempo

• Subject matter in contemporary art is not confined to representation of human figures and landscapes
• Favorite subjects in contemporary art


  • Children
  • Women
  • The environment
• Artwork by Juan Alcazaren


  • Flora and Fauna
• In some artworks, the subject matter is not easily recognized
• Subject matter in experimental artworks


  The technique itself
• Artwork by Plet Bolipata

  • Cat Dolls
• The subject matter of Cat Dolls combines human figures and cat heads
• The artist constructed a human skeleton made of wires and covered it with textile
• The cat head in Cat Dolls is made of resin
• Several Cat Dolls are found in front of the artist's house to serve as “guards”
• Artwork by Sam Penaso

  • Metalscape
• Metalscape


  An abstraction using metal
• There were art movements and styles that dominated contemporary art through the decades since the 1950s
• Abstract Expressionism


  • Expresses emotions and feelings in a spontaneous way
  • Figures may be heavy in lines and color without solid mass
• Kinetic Art


  • A sculpture that may be moved by the wind or powered by a machine or electricity
• Op Art


  • Uses lines or images repeatedly to create an optical illusion
• Performance Art


  • Combines a variety of media and the human body
  • Executed before a live audience
• Environmental Art


  • Involves artistic creation or manipulation of space
  • Includes Earthwork or art using natural elements
• Feminist Art


  • Expresses concerns of female artists
  • Tackles issues of identity, sexuality, gender roles, equality
• Minimalism


  • Stripped-down, prefabricated look
  • Free of details but expresses specific content or statement
• Example of Minimalism


  • Electric wire emerging from the wall that coils to form a particular shape
• Video Art


  • Consists of images recorded through a video
  • Viewed through television, computer, or projection screen
• Contemporary artists salvage materials that can be recycled and made into creative forms
• Artworks by contemporary artists

  • Combine structure and wood
  • Interact with the wind to produce music
• Impy Pilapil


  Cavite-born artist who made the Chimile Halo, the hanging bamboo chimes that create sound when blown by the wind
• Alfredo and Isabel Aquilizan

  Los Banos, Laguna artists who created Project Belonging, gathering used objects and compressing them into cube shapes
• Project Belonging


  Represents the boxes sent by Overseas Filipino workers to their families left behind
• Some artists' techniques


  • Combine indigenous materials with textile
  • Mount these on a painted flat surface
• Mona Alcudia


  Cebuana artist who explored paper as an art medium to create solid forms and transparent artworks
• Materials used in sculpture

  • Welded brass mounted on concrete for outdoor sculpture
  • Wood and glass for indoor sculpture
• Found objects in art


  • Combined and may be covered with resin
• Painting is no longer confined to canvas hung on the wall
• Painting locations


  • Ceilings
  • Floors
  • Outdoors
• Pacita Abad


  Batanes-born artist who painted the Singapore ArtBridge with 2,350 multiple colors
• Nicolas Aca


  Cagayan de Oro artist who paints his body to project an effect
• Technology has also redefined art in many ways
• Welding


  Useful for fabrication and building structure, requiring physical strength and special tools
• Some materials have chemical components that may be hazardous to health
• Hazardous materials


  • Acid
  • Resin
  • Fiberglass
• The availability and variety of materials and the possibilities offered by technology expand the choices of artists