CPAR Materials used in Contemporary Art

• Uses salvage materials that can be recycled and made into creative forms
• Chime Halo by Impy Pilapil

  Artwork that combines structure and wood and interact with the wind to make music

  
• Project Belonging by Alfredo & Isabel Aquilizan

  Artwork of gathered used objects, clothes, personal accessories, and many other things compressed into cube-shapes. It represents the balikbayan box of the OFW

  
• Jesus Christ by Nilshen Sino

  Artwork of dried leaves

  
• Contemporary artists combine indigenous materials with textile and mount these on a painted falt surface.

  Paper as an art medium is also explored by artist
• The Little Secrets: Venus by Mona Alcudia

  The artist made solid forms, as well as transparent artworks, using paper.

  
• In outdoor sculpture, brass is welded together and mounted on concrete.
• Anito by Arturo Luz

  
• Paper Clip by Arturo Luz

  
• Indoor sculpture, wood and glass are the materials used
• • A.) Anito by Arturo Luz (wood)
  • B.) Aphrodite-09 by Ramon Orlina (glass)

  
• Found object are combine and are covered with resin
• Ambot sa Imo by BenCab

  Artwork that takes on the hierarchy of the modern world. Uses of different faces to ignite the spark between the rich and poor, creating divisions of masks and expression.

  
• Painting is no longer confined to canvas hung on the wall. Can be found on ceilings and floors, some are done outdoors.
• Singapore Art Bridge by Pacita Abad

  Painting found on outdoors.

  
• Local artists lead the community and students in painting murals on walls to make a more pleasant environment and to raise consciousness towards environmental protection.
• Lagusnilad Mural by NCCA and Gerilya

  
• In architecture, there is extensive use of glass and color.

  Color combination is either complementary or strong contrasting. Example; MOA Arena and City of Dreams
• In performance art, artists use a variety of props such as rope, plastic, textile, and found objects.

  Paint is also used for body art
• Performance Art by Nicolas Aca

  • Boto Goto (Do not sell your vote)
  • Press Freedom (Closure of the Abs-Cbn franchise)
• The availability and variety of materials and the possibilities offered by technology expand the choices of the artists.