Researches on various

contemporary art forms,

techniques and
performance practices
CONTEMPORARY PHILIPPINE
ARTS FROM THE REGIONS
Guide questions:
1. What is your chosen subject of art? Explain the reason
for selecting the subject of your coffee painting.
2. Is this particular artwork present in your community?
In your perspective, why is this medium widely used or
not widely used in your community?
Objectives
Cognitive
• Define art, art works and contemporary arts.
• Describe various contemporary art forms and their practices
from the region.
(Most Essential Learning Competency)
• Discuss various art forms found in the Philippines
(Most Essential Learning Competency)
Affective
• Appreciate the significance of arts in one’s daily life as a
student.
Psychomotor
• Design a contemporary art form using coffee as medium.
1. What form of art and musical in which
singing and musicians perform dramatic work
combining text and musical score, usually in
elaborate theatrical setting?

A. Opera C. Dulaang Zorilla

B. La Loba Negra D. La Trails
2. The Metropolitan Theater was built by the
former First Lady Imelda R. Marcos. What
place in Metro Manila Area does Metropolitan
theater located?

A. Makati C. Mandaluyong
B. Manila D. Muntinlupa
3. La Loba Negra was a three act Filipino
Opera inspired by the three martyred priest.
What does La Loba Negra mean?
A. The Black She Wolf
B. The Black Magic
C. The Black Ninja
D. The Black Suit
4. In a musical play Miss Saigon, Lea Salonga
became a lead star of the play. What was
her screen name in the play?
A. Lea C. Sam
B. Shane D. Kim
5. The establishment of the Cultural Center of
the Philippines by First Lady Imelda Marcos
paved the way for other Filipino Operas to be
staged at the legitimate venue of
International Standard. In what year does CCP
was built?
A. 1969 C. 1971
B. 1970 D. 1972
Act. 01
You as an Artist
Direction: What do you think
are the qualities of an artist?
Do you possess those
character traits? If you do,
state some of your artistic
qualities. Write your answer
on the your yellow pad.
 THE MEANING OF ART
Nature of ART
➢ Derived from the Latin word ars/artis which means to do or man-
made.
➢ A medium of expression because we express our ideas, emotions,
feelings, without
using words.
➢ Creative activity that involves skill or expertise in handling materials
and organizing them into something new.
➢ Applied to express ideas by the use of skill and imagination in the
creation of objects and experiences that can be shared to others.
 THE MEANING OF ART
Nature of ART
➢ Art is derived from Latin word "ars," meaning ability or skill. -J.V.
Estolas
➢ Art is taken from the Italian word "artis," which means
craftsmanship, skill, mastery of form exist between material and
technique. - A.Tan ➢ Art is a product of man’s need to express himself.
– R. Zulueta
➢ Art is the communication of ideas and feelings by means of medium,
color, sound, bronze, marble, words, and film. -C. Sanchez
➢ Art is beauty of the world. – Plato
 THE MEANING OF ART
Nature of ART
➢ Art is an attitude of spirit, a state of mind-one which demands for its
own satisfaction and fulfilling. – J. Dewey
➢ Art is the skilful arrangement of nature such as colors sounds, lines,
movements,
words, stones, wood, etc., and to express human feelings. – Rustia
 THE MEANING OF ART
Importance of ART
➢ Satisfies the needs for personal expression
➢ Develops our skills to express ourselves
➢ Challenges us to see things differently
➢ Unleashes our hidden desires and passion
➢ Can change our ways in life
➢ Sees the truth that we might not understand before
➢ Gives pleasure, satisfaction and gratification
 THE MEANING OF ART
Functions of ART
➢ Most important means of expression developed by man.
➢ To express beauty
➢ To give man moment of relaxation and spiritual happiness
➢ To serve as a channel of man’s passion
➢ To reform man
➢ To overcome the feelings of restlessness and loneliness
 Art Appreciation
➢ It is the ability to interpret or understand man-made arts
and enjoy them either through actual and work-experience
with tools and materials or possession of these
works for satisfaction.
 Art Appreciation
➢ It is the ability to interpret or understand man-made arts
and enjoy them either through actual and work-experience
with tools and materials or possession of these
works for satisfaction.
 Work of Art
➢ An activity that involves both imagination and skill in
accomplishing it
➢ A thing of beauty having aesthetic value; obra maestra
that provides aesthetic value
to viewers
➢ Must have an artistic and literary merit
➢ A symbolic state of meaning rather having a practical
function
 Subject of Art
➢ The subject matter may vary, usually anything that is
represented in the artwork. It may be a person, object, scene,
or event.
 Contemporary Arts
➢ According to quora.com, contemporary art forms refer to field of arts such as
painting, drawing, dancing, music, sculpture, architecture, etc.
➢ According to Wikipedia.org, contemporary art is the art of today and produced in
the second half of the 20th century or in the 21st century.
➢ Contemporary artists work in a globally influenced, culturally diverse, and
technologically advanced world.
➢ Contemporary art in most cases, defined it as art that has been and continuously
being created during our lifetime. (widewall.ch)
Example: The artist is using different computer software on his/her artwork.
 Contemporary Arts
➢ During the 21st century, these art forms include photography,
graphic design and animation.
➢ Contemporary art is the art of the modern world, created in the last
half of the 21st Century.
➢ Contemporary or modern-day artists work in an internationally
inclined, culturally and ethnically diverse and technologically and
scientifically forward moving world. Their art is a vigorous
arrangement of resources, approaches, impressions and themes that
linger the thought-provoking limitations that was previously well in
progress in the 20th Century.
 Contemporary Philippine Art
➢ The art of the Philippines refers to the works of art that have
developed and accumulated in the Philippines from the beginning of
civilization in the country up to the present era.
➢ According to Santos (2016), in Philippine art as in its culture, one
notes the various shades, lines, and tones, and even the contrasting
characters that have been absorbed and blended into new forms that are
particularly Filipino.
 Contemporary Philippine Art
➢ Contemporary Arts began during the 1950s, after World War II.
Artists began to experiment various procedures and various methods of
communicating their feelings, perspectives, thoughts, and different
things that they needed to communicate through Arts. They were
viewed as contemporary artists in light of the fact that their styles and
methods of making artworks veered away from that of customary
workmanship.
➢ As times change, innovation, individual’s thoughts, issues, needs,
and so forth change as well. Contemporary art would now be able to be
discovered any place artist can put their work. It isn't kept in historical
centers.
 Contemporary Philippine Art
➢ Contemporary Philippine Arts tends to be found in the various
displays, art schools, side lanes and open spaces like train or transport
stations, shopping centers, parks and malls. Along these lines, what is
basic in contemporary arts is the procedure of art-making. For most, it
is not how much cash they make from their last work but
the message it wants to convey.
Contemporary Art Forms from the Region
➢ It refers to art forms that are developing in various regions
of the Philippines that relied on the existing materials in
specific region or province.
➢ For example, natives of Batanes or the Ivatans use a
headgear called Vacul, made from the fibres of vuyavuy
palm, to protect them from the scotching heat of the sun
while working on their farmlands. This particular headgear is
also a substitute to
umbrella in rainy season.
➢ These statues are similar to the statues used by indigenous people in rituals intended for
thanksgiving for rich harvest, to repel sinister and for celebration of marriages and in conducting
funeral. Some of these statues together with paintings and other art forms are now part of
Philippine indigenous arts.
➢ In the province of Marinduque, those
who partake in the celebration of
Moriones Festival use morion masks to
portray the Roman soldiers and Syrian
mercenaries in the story of the Passion of
the Christ.
➢ The Moriones denotes the masked and
costumed penitents who march around the
town for seven days searching for
Longinus. These Masks were intricately
painted with colorful designs that
symbolize Roman culture, Customs and
tradition.
➢ In the Visayan Region, maskara, which means Mask is a prominent feature of
the festival which also bears the same name. Maskara are always ornamented
with smiling faces, giving rise to Bacolod being named the "City of Smiles".
➢ Inhabitants of the Panay Islands are also known for having tattoos or pinta
which symbolizes their “kaisugan” or valor or bravery.
➢ These tattoos are called Pinta which makes Visayan people of Ilo-ilo and
Panay regions to earn the name “Pintados” which later became the name of their
festival. In Mindanao Area, Muslim people of Zamboanga are renowned for their
colorful “Vintas”.
➢ T’bolis believes that they cannot create a design of the Tinalak if they have not dreamed of it.
Therefore, they are sometimes called the "Dream Weavers".
➢ Lastly, Sarimanok, the legendary bird that has become an ubiquitous symbol of
Maranao art. It is depicted as a fowl with colorful wings and feathered tail, holding a
fish on its beak or talons. The head is profusely decorated with scroll, leaf, and
spiral motifs. It is said to be a symbol of good fortune.
DIFFERENT CLASSIFICATIONS OF ART
FORMS
1. • By the Audience - focus on how audience classify arts
➢ Performing Arts - involves the use of an artist’s body as a medium;
an art form that requires movement from one place to another (e.g.
plays, movies, live music, movies/TV shows, operas, mimes, puppet
shows, acrobatics, dances, and ballets)
➢ Visual Arts - usually exists in two-dimensional form and stays in one
place; something that we see and hear
➢ Literature - narratives or works that are literary in nature and
primarily deals with imaginative and artistic writing (e.g. prose and
poetry)
DIFFERENT CLASSIFICATIONS OF ART
FORMS
➢ Sculptural - a three-dimensional form that we can touch, see, and
climb. It stays in one place. (e.g. monuments, architectural designs, rice
terraces, rock gardens, Eiffel Tower, Statue of Liberty, flower gardens,
water fountains, and buildings) By Critics - Focus on how people judge
art
➢ Major Arts or Fine Arts - those that include music, literature,
sculpture, painting, dance, theater, photography, and architecture
➢ Minor Arts or Applied Arts - those that include ceramics, furniture,
letterings, etc.
✓ Pure Art - created and performed for other’s sake and for audience
satisfaction (e.g. watching movie)
✓ Practical Art - with a purpose; for practical use (e.g. chair and table)
 DIFFERENT CLASSIFICATIONS OF ART
FORMS
• By an Artist - Characterized by physical and special sensing
➢ Sight Art - something that you can see, imagine, and create (e.g. painting,
drawing, mosaic crafting, drafting, stage designing, and graphic designing)
➢ Sound Art - something that you can hear (e.g. prose, poetry, play, and music)
➢ Touch Art- something that you can feel or touch (e.g. sculpture, curving,
wood craft, pottery, and dance movement) Other Classifications
➢ Real Art - something that is understandable, “what you see is what you get”,
objective and representational (e.g. photography, stage play, dance,
sculpture, and architecture)
➢ Abstract Art- non-subject matter, non-representational but technique focused and
style-oriented (e.g. Grey Tree by Piet Mondrian)
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