This document provides an overview of contemporary art in the Philippines. It defines contemporary art as art created by today's living artists that reflects current world events and changing times. Contemporary Philippine art portrays Filipino identity through innovative uses of subject and medium, found even in places like jeepneys and murals. The document also briefly discusses contemporary architecture, literature, and theater in the Philippines, noting examples of works and artists gaining recognition both domestically and abroad.

1. CONTEMPORARY
ART
CONTEMPORARY ARTS FROM THE PHILIPPINE
REGIONS

2. FOCUS QUESTIONS
How do you define a contemporary art?
What are the elements and principles of
contemporary art?
What are the different art forms based on
contemporary art?

3. WHAT IS CONTEMPORARY ART
“Art made and produced by artists
living today.”
- J. Paul Getty Museum

4. WHAT IS CONTEMPORARY ART
It is not restricted to individual
experience but it is reflective of
the world we live in.
Events in the world having an
effect to the Philippines.

5. WHAT IS CONTEMPORARY ART
Artwork that is
created by
today’s
contemporary
artists and has a
world view, and
is sensitive to
changing times.

26. Philippine Contemporary art
• Contemporary art allows Filipino artists to
portray the subject and the medium in innovative
and skillful way, reflecting Filipino identity.
• Philippine contemporary art can be found even in
the most unsuspecting places. It cannot be
reduce to conventional notions of space and
medium. ( colorful jeepneys, graffit walls
• And artistic murals)

27. ARCHITECTURE
• Architecture in the country continuous to be
vibrant. With the improvement of tourism, more
first-class architecture is expected to pour in.
new and fresh structures are sprouting all over
the country. Attributed to the designs made by
the likes of Carlos A. Santos- Viola, Jason
Buensalido and Angelo Mañosa, these structures
are ultra-modern, functional and aesthetically
sound.
• Globalization threatens Philippine architecture by
bringing designs made by foreign architects.

28. LITERATURE
• On Philippine literature, “Filipino writing in
today’s world contains the diasporic experience
and the incorporation of both the rural and urban
experience. Writers have also explore the
western genre and have produced legitimate
texts on prose poetry, flash fiction, magic realism
and science fiction.
• Dean Francis Alfar, award-winning writer,
pioneered the speculative fiction movement and
has publishing the Philippine Speculative Fiction
series.

29. • Flash fiction, with stories of 100 words or less has been gaining
interest amongst writers. Example. VINCE GROYON’S Very Short
Stories for hurried reader and Anvil Publishing’s Fast Food Fiction
Delivery.
• Writers getting recognition abroad:
• (2008) Miguel Syjuco – Man Asian Literary Prize for his novel
Ilustrado
• (2013) Marivi Soliven – published her novel The Mango Bride
• (2014) Sophia Lee – won Scholastic Asian Book Awars for her novel
What things Mean
• Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards – our country’s literary scene,
the country’s most prestigious award giving body.

30. THEATER
• Contemporary Philippine theater is still alive
despite the dominance of televisions and movies.
There are multiple stage production from
university-based theater groups to major theater
companies
• PETA ( Philippine Educational Theater
Association)
• Which was founded in 1967 bt Cecile Guidote-
Alvarez, advocates the use of Filipino theater
inspiring change and development in society.

31. • TANGHALANG PILIPINO
• ESTABLISHED IN 1987, is the resident drama
company of Cultural Center of the Philippines
(CCP). With 15 seasons and 114 productions,
it most attended among the CPP’s resident
companies.

32. • Other theater companies
• Gantimala Theater foundation
• Ballet Philipiines
• 9 works (private Com.)
• Theatrical Atlantis Production,