CONTEMPORARY PHILIPPINE ARTS

FROM THE REGIONS

 ART: ITS MEANING AND IMPORTANCE Nature of art
Subject of art
CONTEMPORARY PHILIPPINE ARTS FROM THE REGIONS Function of art
 Art is everywhere
Art as expression and communication
NATURE OF ART Art as creation
Art and experience
Art and nature
Art and Beauty
 LIFE PERFORMANCE OUTCOME
LPO5: Caring, Committed ADVOCATES for Peace and Universal Well – Being
•I am a caring, committed advocate for peace and universal well – being, impelled by
compassion and charity for all.
PROGRAM OUTCOME/S:
All Advanced Level Visual Arts Graduates can:
•Create and publicly exhibit a variety of visually appealing artistic work.
ESSENTIAL PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES:
•Assess their unique personal qualities, thinking processes, talents, and explain how
strengthening them can open doors to continued learning and personal fulfillment
•Willingly share responsibilities and participate actively in fostering group collegiality,
cohesion, and effectiveness
 PERFORMANCE STANDARDS:
•Presents a form of integrated contemporary art based on the region of his / her choice. e.g.
choreography, musical instrument, literary and music composition, visual design, and/or
theatrical performance
CONTENT STANDARD:
•demonstrates appreciation of contemporary art forms, found in the various regions by
understanding the elements and principles
OVERVIEW:

At the end of this week's module, the learner should be able to:
•describe various contemporary art forms and their practices from the regions
•discusses various art forms found in the Philippines
LESSON MENU:
•Art: Its Meaning and Importance
•Defining Contemporary Art
•Contexts of Contemporary Art
•Contemporary Arts in the Philippines
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ART IS EVERYWHERE
▪Art is as old as the
human race itself
▪Art exist in all forms of
human society and in
every generation
 ART AS AN EXPRESSION AND COMMUNICATION
▪Art has grown out of man’s need to
express himself.
▪Art in any given period reflects two
things:
1. the genius of its creator;
2. the values and attitudes toward
important aspects of life held by the
society in which the work of art was
created.
 ART AS CREATION
▪Lt “ars” = “skill.”
▪Gk “ars” = “techne” proficiency in any
activity
▪Creation: act of combining or re-
ordering already existing materials so
that a new object is formed
▪Creation involves constant correction
and redirection
 ▪Art refers to skills and products which are
primarily intended to delight the senses and
ART AS CREATION produce a satisfying experience of the
beautiful
▪Aesthetic value
 ART AND EXPERIENCE
▪3 experiences in any artistic activity:
▪Experience the artist wants to communicate
▪Act expressing this “experience”
▪Gratifying accomplishment
▪Empathy
ART AND EXPERIENCE
▪Our reaction to art is
personal and individual
▪Appreciating the arts is
not purely emotional,
there is also an
intellectual component to
it.
ART AND NATURE
▪Nature is not art.
▪A work of art is always man-
made
▪Art is a planned activity
▪Nature has been a constant
source of models for art.
▪We can also use art to improve
nature.
 ART AND BEAUTY
▪A thing of beauty is one which gives us
pleasure when we perceive it.
▪Aesthetic Pleasure
▪Aesthetic: Gk “to perceive with the
senses
▪“Beauty” is relative
▪Conditioned by different factors
▪Concept change from time to time and
between cultures
IN RETROSPECT
➢Art is everywhere
➢Art as expression and
communication
➢Art as creation
➢Art and experience
➢Art and nature
➢Art and Beauty
THE SUBJECT OF ART
WHAT IS SUBJECT?
▪What is it?
▪What does it show?
▪Subject in art refers to any person, object, scene,
or event described or represented in a work of
art.
▪Representational or objective arts; non-representational or non-
objective arts
REPRESENTATIONAL OR OBJECTIVE ARTS
▪Artworks that depict something
easily recognized by most
people
▪Some of the representational
arts are the following: Painting,
sculpture, graphic arts, literature,
theater arts.
▪Some musical compositions are
also representational. They are
called program music
NON-REPRESENTATIONAL / NON-OBJECTIVE ARTS
▪These are artworks that has no
resemblance to any real subject
▪They do not represent anything and they
are what they are.
▪They appeal directly to the senses
primarily because of the satisfying
organization of their sensuous and
expressive elements.
▪Most musical compositions are not
imitation of natural sounds, but they are
pleasingly arranged and evokes a
certain emotional response from us.
 WAYS OF REPRESENTING THE SUBJECT
▪The manner of representing subject matter varies
according to the inventiveness and purpose of each
artist.
▪Realism
▪Abstraction
▪Distortion
▪Surrealism

▪ No work of art is truly artistic because no work of

art is an accurate copy of what exist in the natural
world
 REALISM

▪Not an actual
narration/depiction of events
which actually took place, but
the author has manipulated the
details which the situation being
described may appear to have
possibly happened or may
possibly happened.
 ABSTRACTION
▪Is the process of simplifying an/or
reorganizing objects and elements
according to the demands of artistic
expression.
▪Most of the paintings and sculpture
are abstract to a certain degree.
▪Sometimes, the likeness of a work of
art is reduced to geometric shapes.
 DISTORTION
▪Figures are arranged so that
the proportion differs
noticeably from natural
measurements.
▪It is usually done to
dramatize the shape of a
figure or to create an
emotional effect.
 SURREALISM
▪Generally regarded as realism +
distortion
▪Dream-like scenes that show an
irrational arrangement of objects
▪The images are recognizable,
sometimes drawn from nature, but
they are combined in utterly
fantastic and unnatural relationship.
▪Other type of surrealism depicts the
working of the subconscious, the Salvador Dali, Persistence of Memory
artist using symbols which are not
directly associated with the physical
world.
THE ARTIST AND HIS CHOICE OF SUBJECT
▪Practically anything under the sun is
raw material for the artist to his subject
from.
▪Most, if not all, of the visual arts are
representations of what artists thought
of and felt about the world they lived
in or representations of things the
artists imagined or dreamed about.
▪Personal statement
▪Depends/ affected by his medium.
THE ARTIST AND HIS CHOICE OF SUBJECT
▪It depends largely upon the time
and the patronage he gets.
▪During the middle ages, the church
employed the arts in its task of
spreading the gospel.
▪Developments in the science and
technology have opened in new
vistas for artists.
▪The value of art does not depend on
the artist’s choice of subject.
▪More profound subject ≠ greater
work of art
KINDS OF SUBJECT
1. Landscape, seascapes, and cityscapes
2. Still life
3. Animals
4. Portraits
5. Figures
6. Everyday life
7. History and legend
8. Religion and mythology
9. Dreams and fantasies
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EVERYDAY LIFE
HISTORY AND LEGEND
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DREAMS AND
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THE UGLY AND THE TRAGIC IN ART
▪Andre Maurois has this to say:
It is reassuring to find that other people we like
have gone through the same troubles, the same
sadness, and the same regrets. We are not
abnormal, we think, nor we are sole victims, since
a man of genius has described feelings similar to
our own. By making us feel we are not
exceptions, literature manages to break the
spell. It restores us our to our place in the human
community from which we thought ourselves
excluded, by showing us that those greater than
ourselves have suffered the same ills…
SUBJECT AND CONTENT
▪Subject ≠ Content
▪Subject refers to the objects depicted by the artist
▪Subjects may have different levels of meanings, namely:
1. Factual meaning – literal statement that can be directly
apprehended
2. Conventional meaning – special meaning that a certain object
or color has for a particular culture/group of people
3. Subjective meaning – any personal meaning, consciously or
unconsciously conveyed by the artist using a private symbolism.
CONTENT
▪Content refers to what the artist expresses or
communicates on the whole of his work.
▪Content = theme (literature)
▪Statement we apprehend
▪It is the mood we experience with a work of art
▪Not easily seen; transmitted by the way subject and form
interact in a work.
▪Easier to grasp in arts with explicit subject matter
 1. Personal Function
THE FUNCTIONS OF ART 2. Social Function
3. Physical Function
 FUNCTION IN ART
▪Compared to other activities of man, art is considered impractical
▪Not meant to meet the requirements of day-to-day living.
▪Function = “practical usefulness”
▪Architecture, weaving, furniture-making are functional arts; while Painting, sculpture,
literature, music, theater arts, and film are considered non-functional arts
▪Broadly speaking, all arts have function because it serves a particular need in men.
1. Satisfying our individual needs for personal expression
2. Our social needs for display, celebration, and communication, and
3. Physical needs for utilitarian objects and structure.
THE PERSONAL FUNCTION
▪Artists’ expression
▪Music as therapy
▪A more refined sense of aesthetic taste
▪Helps us to educate our senses and
sharpen our perception of colors, forms,
textures, designs, sounds, rhythms, and
harmonies in our environment
▪Can lead us to a more intensified
awareness of the beautiful in life
SOCIAL FUNCTIONS OF ART
▪Art is close related to every aspect
of social life.
▪Art performs a social function when:
1. Influencing social behavior
2. Display and celebration
3. Social description
SOCIAL FUNCTION OF ART –
INFLUENCING SOCIAL BEHAVIOR
oMany work of art influence the way we think, feel, or act
oThese works of art may enable us to laugh, raise our voices, or see social reality;
They can bring about in us decisions to collectively change, correct, or improve upon
human condition
o Literature can serve political and ideological expression.
oIt can also serve in spreading doctrine/teaching ideas, attitudes, ways of behaving,
painting, prints, and sculptures in lieu of the printed word.
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SOCIAL FUNCTION OF ART –
DISPLAY AND CELEBRATION
oCommemoration of important
personages/historical event in society
oArts are also linked to rituals
oPublic celebration
oThese kinds of activities unite people in
a shared experience
SOCIAL FUNCTION OF ART –
SOCIAL DESCRIPTION
oEven without the intent of the artist to
present historical pictures, art works are
vital documents
oThey describe existence at different
periods
o Tools, weapons, furniture, statues,
stories, songs, and buildings reflect the
feelings, struggles, and achievement of
people
PHYSICAL FUNCTIONS OF ART
oArts that have physical function usually relates to items that can be used for a
practical reason.
oArchitecture is the most functional of all the arts
oThe function of an object generally determines the basic form it takes