CONTEMPORARY PHILIPPINE ARTS 4.

SUGAR SPHINX
ART - made by Kara Walker
- expresssion and application of human skills and - position in a sphinx form - “We understand black
imagination women's desire and pleasure in relation to the
oppression we’ve endured for centuries.
MAJOR CATEGORIES OF ART: Experiencing sexual terrorism at the hands of
1. VISUAL ARTS / FINE ARTS white and black men taught black women that
- aesthetic beauty of artwork our bodies aren’t our own. In response, many
2. APPLIED ARTS black women turned inward, and used specific
- functionality, used in everyday life tactics to ensure survival.” (Kara Walker) -
CONTEMPORARY vs MODERN ARTS “Walker sees art as a means of reclaiming our
ARTS bodies. She is attempting to use art to force
1970s-present TIMELINE 1900s-1960s people to view black women as whole beings. If
Living ARTIST Deceased sugar is connected to both desire and capital,
Does not follow any STYLE Traditional Art Style
Walker is saying that black women are entitled to
rules
Societal Issues THEME Expressions both. We can be sexy without being
hypersexualized. We can be bold in our
ARTWORKS: sexuality. We can be fierce. We are entitled to
1. SABEL IN BLUE by Benedicto Cabrera our bodies.” (Kara Walker)
- dislocation in society

2. MONA LISA by Leonardo da Vinci

- self-portrait 5. DEFENSE OF A FILIPINA WOMAN’S
- social status HONOR
- made by Fernando Amorsolo
- it can be seen in the painting that the man is
holding an itak or bolo trying to defend a woman,
almost no clothes on, from being abused by a
Japanese soldier (WW2)

3. SPOLIARIUM by Juan Luna

- gladiators during roman empire
- talks about human rights
- spoliarium (basement of dying gladiators)

6. BULUL
- rice god in cordillera community

HOW TO UNDERSTAND AN ARTWORK:

1. What do I see?
2. What are the materials?
3. What I feel?

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CHARACTERISTICS OF CONTEMPORARY
ART:
1. SITE SPECIFIC
- based on place

2. INTERACTIVE
- relationship of the artwork and audience
- Ex: 3d art gallery - Vertical Line: strength and power (yung nakared
3. ORIGINALITY na humahatak)
- parody - Diagonal Line: dynamic action/conflict and
stress
4. INTEGRATED
(nakaputi sa dulo)
- 2 or more art forms
- Horizontal Line: suggests no motion or at rest
5. CAN BE SOLD ONLINE - Curve Line: Emotion
- through Social Media
2. SHAPE AND FORM
6. PROCESS-BASED - made from lines
- no idea what the subject will be a. Geometric Shape
- can measure using mathematical equation -
7. SELF-TAUGHT height and width or 2D b. Organic Shape -
- based on experience cannot be measured
- Ex: Genesis (painted by Hernando Ocampo) - height and width
8. COLLABORATIVE c. Geometric Form
- height, width, depth or 3D d. Organic
- collaboration; help from other artists. Form
- height, width, depth or 3D

3. COLOR
- produced when light, striking an object, is
reflected back to the eyes a. Hue - nasa color
wheel b. Value
- lightness and darkness of color
- tint – white - shade - black
- c. Intensity/Saturation
- brightness or dullness of color
- gray - dullness
- same color- brightness
* COLOR WHEEL

ARTS AND ITS VISUAL ELEMENTS

1. LINE
- elongated
- Ex: Spoliarium * COLOR SCHEMES
1. MONOCHROMATIC

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- single color and its shape and tint - Ex:

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 - neighboring color of complementary
- Ex:

2. ANALOGOUS

5. TRIADIC

- neighboring colors - Ex:

- 3 colors evenly spaced - Ex:

6. TETRADIC

3.

COMPLEMENTARY

- 2 complementary pairs - Ex:

- opposite direction - Ex:

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 4. VALUE
- lightness and darkness of an area in an artpiece

5. MOTION
- movement of art
- 2d or 3d
4. SPLIT-COMPLEMENTARY a. 3d
- Kinetic Sculpture (moving) b.
Implied

6. SPACE
- area that the artwork occupy a. Actual
Space - positive and negative space b.
Illusion Space
- perspective (atmospheric and linear
perspective)

7. TEXTURE
- feel
a. Tactile First Mass in Limasawa by Carlos Botong
- exact Francisco
b. Visual -
2d art forms
c. Ephemer
al Texture -
subject to change
- Ex: Smoke, Clouds

Bayanihan by Carlos Botong Francisco

CARLOS BOTONG FRANCISCO

- his artworks are focused on common people in
rural areas, historical and social issues
PAINTINGS PORTABLE MURAL PAINTING
- use of plywood
PAINTING - application of pigment or
paint on a surface GRAFITTI
- street art
FORMS OF PAINTING:
1. EASEL PAINTING - ILLEGAL
- painting done in an easel 3. TELON PAINTING
- nakapatong yung canvas sa ease - use as backdrop or background
- comon type of painting - Ex: In Sarswelas, Photography Studio
- purpose: beautify the house or establishments
4. JEEPNEY AND CALESA PAINTING
2. MURAL PAINTING - Jeepney was inspired by Americans -
- done in a wall or ceiling Designs of Jeepneys are focused on the idols
- purpose: to tell societal issues of
- LEGAL jeepney drivers
- Ex: - Calesa was inspired by Spaniards -
Designs of Calesas are focused on geometric
shapes and lines

5. COLLAGE PAINTING
- different elements to form an art piece
JONATHAN BENITEZ
- artwork focuses more on human and environment

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ANDRES BARRIOQUINTO
- artwork focuses more on
human

THEMES OF PAINTING:
Breaking Colonial Ties II by Aileen Lanuza-de
THEME -
Pio
general
message

SUBJECT -
specific
message
First Mass in Limasawa (in Leyte, Cebu; March
1. GENRE PAINTING 31,1521) by Carlos Botong Francisco
- portrayal of everyday life usually in rural areas
- Ex: 3. SCAPES
- wider view or scenery
- Ex: Landscape, Seascape, Skyscape,
Cityscapes(starry starry night), Galaxyscapes

4. PORTRAITS
- focus on a person's expression
- Ex:

Harvesting Rice by Fernando Amorsolo

(awarded in 1972 by Ferdinand E. Marcos)

Purita Kalaw Ledesma by Fabian Dela Rosa

5. STILL-LIFE PAINTING
- portray inanimate
objects - natural and
El Ciego “The Blind Man” by Fernando man-made - Ex:
Amorsolo

Planting Rice by Fabian Dela Rosa "Still Life With Golden Goblet (2019) " by Olan
Ventura
2. HISTORICAL PAINTING
- about history
- Ex:

Ang Macopa by Fernando Amorsolo

Katipunan Blood Compact by Juan Luna 6. NUDES

- painting of the naked human body - women are
usually painted because they are much elegant
compared to men - Ex:

Filipino Responses to Spanish Colonization by

Vincent San Pablo de Pio

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 PAINTINGS IN THE PHILIPPINES:

1. Granadean Arabesque
- by Jose Joya in 1958
- mixed media
- nilaban sa Venice competition
- * Napoleon "Billy" Veloso Abueva
Labandera by Fernando Amorsolo - youngest artist to receive award at 46

2. The fruit gatherer

- by Fernando Amorsolo (1950)

3. The Fishermen
- by Ankyukuk (1981)

4. Muslim Betrothal by Carlos Botong

Francisco - most controversial painting in the
Nude Relection by Arvino Yanuario Philippines

5. Untitled (Burnt Out Europe 1992) - by

Manuel Ocampo

6. Isla Hubad
- by Neil Pasilan (2012)

7. Sabel in Blue
Nude in 1998 and Nude in 2007 by Benedicto - by Benedicto Reyes Cabrera (2006)
Cabrera
8. OMG Christ
7. RELIGIOUS - by Ernest Conception (2015)
- depicts the beliefs of people
- Ex: 9. Alkaff Bridge - by Pacita
Abad

10. The Sketch

- by Victorio Edades

Sorrow or Pieta

Burning of Idles by Fernando Amorsolo

Genesis by Hernando Ocampo (inspiration of

the curtain in CCP)
SCULPTURE

SCULPTURE

- 3d (Width Height Depth)

2 MAJOR TECHNIQUE CLASSIFICATIONS

Crucifixion by Vicente Manansala (transparent OF SCULPTURE:
cubism)
1. Subtraction

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- cutting/chipping of pieces from its own material - is rinsed/projected from its background and
slightly rinsed from its surface 2. High
- Ex: Wood, Stone, and Ice Carving Relief/Alto Relief Sculpture - is projected
2. Additive mostly/more than its circumference/surface
- Ex: Tandang Sora by Florente Beltran Caedo
- adding the same or other materials from the - Jose Rizal Martyrdom Tableau in Manila
sculpture you are making Rizal
Park
- Ex: Welded and Kinetic Sculpture 3. Sunken Relief
4 TECHNIQUES IN SCULPTURE: - is projected inside its surface

1. Carving 3. KINETIC SCULPTURE

- a type of sculpture is moving through machines
- under subtracting or
electric devices
- Same meaning as subtracting
- Ex: Kiping Quezon
- Dx: Wood Carvings
4. GLASS SCULPTURE
2. Substitution/Casting
- A type of sculpture that is made out of glass
- casting materials into a mold
- Ex: Together Again by Ramon Orlina
- Ex: Holding hands, any sculpture that is molded
- Young Eve by Ramon Orlina
together
5. WELDED SCULPTURE
3. Manipulation
- A type of sculpture that is made out of bronze
- manipulation or controlling of your hand to form
nickle and iron welded by a machine.
a sculpture
- Ex: Molding the Future by Eduardo Castrillo
- Ex: Clay Molding like the use of Polymer Clay
6. ASSEMBLAGE SCULPTURE
4. Assembling
- Combining together different materials
- putting different things together to form a
sculpture - Ex: Buenviaje by Anton Del Castillo

GENERAL KINDS OF SCULPTURE: - Man and Woman by Lamberto Hechanova

1. Free-Standing Sculpture 7. SYMBOLIC SCULPTURE

- It can stand without a surface or background - symbolizes cultural communities like ethnic
groups
- Ex: UP LIFT by Ferdinand Cacnio
- Ex: BULUL by Benedict Cabrera
- Transfiguration by Napoleon Abueva
- SARIMANOK by Abdul Marie Ace Emao
- Up Oblation By Guillermo Tolentino
(First Maranao to be awarded international
- Sacrifice for country and academic freedom artist)

2. RELIEF SCULPTURE OTHER FAMOUS SCULPTURES:

- attached to a background 1. BONIFACIO MONUMENT

- Ex: Relief (Liberation of Leyte and the - By Guillermo Tolentino

Rebirth of the Republic) by Juan Fadual (ex of
- In Grace Park Caloocan City
Low relief sculpture also)
2. MACARTHUR LANDING
TYPES:
- In Palo, Leyte
1. Low Relief Sculpture

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- By Anastacio Caedo - Jose Garcia

3. MONUMENTO NG LAKAS NG BAYAN - Guillermo Tolentino (NA for SCULPTURE)

- By Eduardo Castrillo - *PRESIDENTIAL DECREE 208, S. 1973

4. FARM GIRL - - dated June 7, 1973

- In Victoria Tarlac - - Reiterated P.P. 1144

5. FRANCISCO MACABULOS MONUMENT - - Grants the CCP to identify the honors and
priveleges to be a NA of the Philippines
- In Maria Cristina Park Tarlac City
INTRODUCTION OF ORDER OF
NATIONAL
ARTISTS IN THE PHILIPPINES

ORDER OF NATIONAL ARTIST (ONA) - HONORS AND PRIVELEGES (1973):

- formerly known as National Artist Award - 10k Pesos

- National Proclamation 1001 series of 1972 by - 2k Monthly Pension

Ferdinand E Marcos - Medical and hospitalization
- Purpose is to give recognition to the artist who - Life insurance - if insurable
significantly contributed to the arts of the
Philippines - All expense funeral service

BACKGROUND OF ONA - All expense trip (related to your art)

1. PROCLAMATION 1001, S. 1972

- Dated in April 27, 1972 3. REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7356, S. 1992

- Establishment of National Artist Award - Dated in April 2, 1992

- Proclaimed by Ferdinand E. Marcos - Grants power to NCCA (National Commission

for Culture in the Arts) over the development
- Fernando Amorsolo was awarded in 1972 thru and promotion of Phil. Culture and the arts
this presidential proclamation (4 days after his
death) - The NCCA joins the CCP in administering the
national artists of the Philippines
- Postomus Awardee - awarded when the artist
is already dead (happened to Fernando
Amorsolo)
4. EXECUTIVE ORDER 236, S. 2003
2. PROCLAMATION 1144, S. 1973
- Dated in September 19, 2003
- Dated in May 15, 1973
- Ordered by President GMA
- This proclamation grants power to the CCP
(Cultural Center of the Philippines) to - “Honors Code of the Phillippines”
administer the national artist award
- Additional Prestige for the National Artist Award
- CCP - BOT (Board of Trustees) as the NAA
- The NA was renamed as The Order of National
Committee
Artists
- Francisca Reyes Aquino (NA for DANCE)
- Fourth in rank of the highest award in the
(MOTHER of Philippine Folk Dance)
Philippines
- Carlos V. Francisco (NA for VISUAL ARTS in
- GAMABA - Gawad sa manlilikha ng bayan
Painting)

- Amado V, Hernandez (NA for Literature) - This EO adds priveleges to the NA’s

- Antonio J. Molina

- Juan F. Nakpil COMPOSITION OF GROUPS

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- They administer the national artist award 4. ONA JURY OF EXPERTS

ONA GROUPS: - has 24 maximum members

1. ONA SECRETARIAT - further review the national artist

- highest group in administering the NA AWARD - review the short list that they created

- The head of the ONA Secretariat will be the - After this, short list is passed to the ONA
Executive Director of the NCCA Secretariat which will still be further reviewed
then thereafter will go to the President of the
- consists of the NCCA (National Commission Philippines
for
Culture in the Arts) - BOC (Board of - Then the President of the Philippines will
Commission) proclaim the NA Awardee through the
recommendation of the ONA Secretariat

- (Note): The President has the power to add

- - Executive Director and eliminate the names of the potential
- - Commissioner for Arts national artist awardees.

- - Deputy of Executive Director HOW DOES ONE BECOME A NATIONAL

ARTIST
- and the CCP (Cultural Center of the
Philippines) - BOT (Board of Trustees) CRITERIA ON HOW TO BECOME A
NATIONAL ARTIST
- - President
1. CITIZENSHIP
- - VP
- by the time a person was nominated, he/she
- - Designated Officer should be a citizen of the Philippines at the time
of nomination
- Purpose is to Plan, organize and implement the
order of national artist - Reviews - for dead, he/she be a Filipino at the time of death

- Then passes to the ONA SRG - 1962 onwards are considered as Nominees

2. ONA SPECIAL RESEARCH GROUP - Ex: Amado Hernandez (1972)

- has 10 maximum members 2. PIONEER

- Assigned by the ONA Secretariat - He/she must have pioneered style which
result in the Development of the Philippine Arts
- They verify information and create presentation (Art styles)
of the national artist awardee
- Ex: Victorio Edades as the pioneer and
- Review the passing of the ONA SECRETARIAT father of Philippine Modern Art

- Then passes to the ONA COE 3. BUILDING FILIPINO SENSE OF

NATIONHOOD
3. ONA COUNCIL OF EXPERTS
- works should reflect on the Philippines
- Has 56 maximum members (the national
artists who are still alive can be added to this) - gives identity to our country

- First deliberation panel - Ex: Sarimanok, Sari-Mosque, Sari-Okir and

Calligraphic sculpture by Abdulmari Asia Imao
- Review the information recommendation and
justification 4. EXCELLENT

- After that, they create the short list (name - he/she should master his/her skills
deliberated by the ONA COE)
5. BROAD ACCEPTANCE
- Passes the list to the ONA JOE
- He/she must have been recognized (Globally and
Locally)

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BENEFITS AND PRIVILEGES OF A
NATIONAL ARTIST (MODERN):

A. 200,000 pesos (upon confirment as a NA)

B. 150,000 pesos (only for Postomus Awardee)

C. 50,000 Monthly Allowance

D. 750,000 Medical and Hospitalization

E. Funeral Insurance of 500,000

F. Chance to be bured in The Libingan ng mga

Bayani

G. Lifetime Materials

H. All expenses paid for tours connected yo your

occupation as an artist

I. Gold-plated medallion from the Bangko Sentral

ng Pilipinas (To be proclaimed by the President
upon confirment)

J. Recognition of the National Artist (Pambansang

Alagad ng Sining) (Order ng Pambansang
Alagad ng Sining)

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