Contemporary Arts
among others
The Characteristics of Contemporary Art
 Contemporary art – is a statement that an artist
makes about life, thoughts, ideas, beliefs, and
many other things that define human life
 Victorio Edades – the first to break the rule of
arts
o used bold strokes and bright colors
 Carlos “Botong” Francisco and Galo Ocampo –
influenced by the Western artists
 Romeo Tabuena – painted the heavy black
carabao is shown standing on thin legs that
disappear in a flat background
 Hernando Ocampo – used geometric forms in
strong red colors overlapping with shades of yellow
to brown
 Vicente Manansala – painted in abstract
cubism of his human forms engaged in genre such
as those in his market scene
 Cesar Legaspi – used his art as a commentary to
the state of hard labor in the Philippines
Subject Matter and Style in Contemporary Art
 The favorite subjects in contemporary art are the
children, women, or the environment
 Juan Alcazaren – Flora and Fauna
 Plet Bolipata – Cat Dolls, the subject matter
combines human figure and cat head
 Sam Penaso – Metalscape, an abstract using
metal
 Abstract expressionism – applies paint in a
manner that express emotions and feeling in a
spontaneous way
 Kinetic art - sculpture that moves with the wind
or is powered by the machine or electricity
 Op art – uses lines or images repeatedly to
create an optical illusion
 Performance art – artistic theatrical expression
 Environment art - involves the artistic creation or
manipulation of space such as landscape of
architectural design
 Feminist art – tackle about issues of identity,
sexuality, gender roles, equality, and the ways
in which the female is treated in society,
 Minimalism – free of details
 Video art – consist of images that are
recorder through a video and viewed
through television, computer, or projection
screen
 Graffiti art – done hastily on a wall or other
surface made to be seen in the public
 Postmodern art – carries modern styles to
extreme practices
 Body art – an art form that uses the body
 Digital art – done with the aid of computer
Materials Used in Contemporary Arts
 Impy Pilapil – a Cavite-born artist who
made Chime Halo, the hanging bamboo
chimes that created sound when blown
away by the wind
 Alfredo and Isabel Aquilizan – Los Baños
artists who made Project Belonging, gathered
in used objects, clothes, personal accessories,
and many other things and compress them
into cube-shapes
 Mona Alcudia - Cebu artist who makes
solid forms as well as transparent artworks
using papers
 Pacita Abad – Batanes-born who made
Singapore ArtBrigde with 2 350 multiple colors
 Nicolas Aca – Cagayan de Oro artist who
paints his body to project an effect
Skills, Techniques, and Production in Contemporary Ats
 Ohm David’s Installation art – he used
metal and nylon strings and projected a
spotlight onto the figure
 Collage – made by adhering flat elements
such as newspaper or magazine cut-outs,
and etc. to a flat surface to create a thick
layer that is almost like a relief sculpture
 Decalcomania – the process of applying
gouache to paper or glass then transferring a
reversal of that image onto canvas or other
flat materials
 Decoupage – done by adhering cut-outs of
paper then coating these with one or more coats
or transparent coating of varnish
 Frottage – technique of rubbing crayon on a
piece of paper which has been placed over an
object or an image
 Montage – used for photography or film where
pictorial image is juxtaposed or placed
overlapping to make another picture or design
 Trapunto – canvas are padded, sewn, and
often filled with sequins, and etc.
 Digital Application – art viewing another
technique
 Anita Feria – Bacolod artist who collects
ceramics pieces and arranges them in an artistic
way on a flat background
Description Applied to Contemporary Art
 Subject matter – what you see that is depicted
in the artwork
 Material – what the artwork is made of
 Art elements and principles – refer to the
physical qualities of the image
Analysis and Interpretation in Contemporary Art
 Aesthetics – the branch of philosophy that deals
with the nature, beauty, and value of art objects
and experiences
 Post-modernism – artists believe that it alright to
copy masterpieces and exhibit it as their own
 Art analysis and Interpretation
o Art analysis - starts with a description of an
artwork
o Analysis – requires an understanding of the
content by separating the parts of the
subject matter
o Art interpretation – employed with by the
viewer after describing and analyzing an
artwork