CONTEMPORARY ARTS

1. EDUCATION:
 UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF
SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES (2018-2022)
 BS ED SCIENCE
 DANSOLIHON NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
(2012-2018)
 DANSOLIHON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
(2006-2012)
AFFILIATIONS:
 SHS TEACHER (CHRISTIAN SAMARITAN SCHOOL)
 FORMER INTERNAL AUDIT (WORKERS VISSION
MANPOWER SERVICES INCORPORATION)
 FORMER ENCODER/VERIFIER (DSWD REGION X)
ALICE CELLION RIVERA

2. REBUS PUZZLE
ALSO KNOWN AS WORD PICTURE
PUZZLE OR PICTURE RIDDLES, USE
IMAGES OR WORDS TO CONVEY A
PHRASE OR MESSAGE, TYPICALLY A
COMMON IDIOM OR EXPRESSION.

4. GREEN WITH ENVY

6. SPLIT PEA SOUP

8. FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE

10. WHAT GOES UP MUST
COME DOWN

12. OVERSEAS TRAVEL

14. WIN WITH EASE

16. SPLIT LEVEL

18. TRY TO UNDERSTAND

20. SUMMER

22. METAPHOR

23. CONTEMPORARY
ARTS
PREPARED BY: ALICE C. RIVERA

24. OBJECTIVES
After going through this module, you are expected to:
1. define contemporary arts;
2. describe the art forms from the various regions
through the development of Philippine arts; and
3. describe various contemporary art forms from the
regions based on the elements and principles of arts

25. WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT
ART?

26. WHY DO WE NEED TO STUDY
THE ARTS? ESPECIALLY THE
PHILIPPINE ARTS?

27. ART IS?
ART IS A NATURAL HUMAN BEHAVIOR.
ART IS COMMUNICATION.
ART IS HEALING.
ART TELLS OUR STORY.
ART IS A SHARED EXPERIENCE.

28. WHAT IS A
CONTEMPORARY ART?

32. CONTEMPORARY ART
IS A STATEMENT THAT AN ARTIST
MAKES ABOUT LIFE, THOUGHTS,
IDEAS, BELIEFS AND MANY OTHER
THINGS THAT DEFINE HUMAN LIFE.

33. CONTEMPORARY ART REFERS TO ART MADE
AND PRODUCED BY ARTIST LIVING TODAY.
TODAY’S ARTIST WORK IN AND RESPOND TO
A GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT THAT IS
CULTURALLY DIVERSE, TECHNOLOGICALLY
ADVANCING, AND MULTIFACETED. WORKING
IN A WIDE RANGE OF MEDIUMS,
CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS REFLECT AND
COMMENT ON MODERN-DAY SOCIETY.

34. CONTEMPORARY ART IS THE ART OF TODAY,
PRODUCED BY ARTIST WHO ARE LIVING IN THE
TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY. CONTEMPORARY ART
PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO REFLECT ON
CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY AND THE ISSUES
RELEVANT TO OURSELVES, AND THE WORLD
AROUND US. CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS WORK IN
A GLOBALLY INFLUENCED, CULTURALLY
DIVERSE, AND TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCING
WORLD.

35. THEIR ART IS A DYNAMIC
COMBINATION OF MATERIALS,
METHODS, CONCEPTS, AND
SUBJECTS THAT CHALLENGE
TRADITIONAL BOUNDARIES AND
DEFY EASY DEFINITION.

36. CONTEMPORARY ART REFERS TO CURRENT
AND VERY RECENT PRACTICE. IT ALSO
REFERS TO WORKS OF ART MADE BY LIVING
ARTISTS. TENDS TO BE ASSESSED
THEMATICALLY AND SUBJECTIVELY,
DRAWING ON AN EXPANDED RANGE OF
THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL DISCIPLINES.

37. WHAT ARE THE
DIFFERENT KIND OF
ART FORM?

38. DIFFERENT MAJOR CONTEMPORARY
ART FORMS IN THE PHILIPPINES
PAINTING
SCULPTING
MUSIC
DANCING
ARCHITECTURE

60. Subject Matter:
The poor and ordinary people on the streets by Zyza Bacani (2013).

61. Figure 1.5 shows Carlos Francisco’s
depiction of fishing as a difficult
process, while Amorsolo’s rendition
emphasizes calm and placidity. Like
Francisco’s Magpupukot (1957), HR
Ocampo’s The Contrast (1940) in Figure
1.3, Cesar Legaspi’s Frugal Meal
(undated) in Figure 1.4, Edades’ The
Builders (1928) in Figure 1.7 shows the
oppressive condition of the
underprivileged classes.

62. Social Realism continues to
influence contemporary artists.
For example, Imelda Cajipe-
Endaya’s Filipina DH, 1995 is
social realist, but the style and
medium of the installation is
markedly different. Refer to
“The Stylistic Overview” table
(Figure 1.9) for an idea of the
difference in style and medium
between Modern Art and
Contemporary Art.

66. Ibn Saud Salipyasin Ahmad from Zamboanga,
Mindanao comes from a hybrid mixture of the
local Subanen and traditional Maguindanao
Muslim cultures. He is a contemporary artist
but his cultural con-text is indigenous
Southeast Asian and Philippine Muslim. His
style can be considered “traditional” as it
draws on the tradition and intricacy of
drafting technique, which he learned in a trade
school in Zamboanga. His medium is watercolor.
His subject matter is the people of his locality.
His depictions invite us to witness his culture
and its traditions in the context of today’s
changing times.

76. ASSIGNMENT
ACTIVITY: Answer the following
questions.
1.In terms of history, how do you define
the contemporary?
2.Choose an artist from the Philippine
contemporary and explain his artwork.
3. Give the different kind of art form and
explain.