The document discusses subject matter and styles in contemporary art. It states that subject matter in contemporary art is boundless and not confined to traditional representations, and can include combinations of people, environments, techniques, and concepts. It provides examples of contemporary Filipino artists and their works that demonstrate different subject matters and styles. The rest of the document defines and provides examples of major art styles and movements in contemporary art from the 1950s onward, including abstract expressionism, kinetic art, Op art, performance art, environmental art, feminist art, postmodernism, video art, graffiti art, body art, and digital art.

1. SUBJECTMATTER&STYLE
in CONTEMPORARY ART

2. If the traditional artists’ art
consisted of portraits, landscapes, still
life and human interest mostly as
naturally as
possible, the contemporary artists’
works are expressions of freedom,
experimentation and exploration of
patterns, figures, objects, and a
combination of many things that are
important to them.
Subject matter is boundless to the
contem. artist. Style can fall under one
of than 100 styles but can be
categorized under the few big
movements in art.

3. Subject matter in
contemporary art is not confined
to representations of human
figures and landscapes. The
favorite subjects in contemporary
art are children, women, or the
environment, such as Tokwa
Penaflorida’s ‘Diwata’ It can also be
a combination of any of these.

4. Tokwa Penaflorida

5. In some artworks, the subject
matter is not easily recognized. If
the artwork is an experiment on
technique, the subject matter is the
technique itself. In others, such as
those in conceptual art, the viewer
has to engage in thinking and
exploring the meaning of the
artwork.

6. Dan Matutina

7. Chabet, Father of Philippine conceptual art

8. “Piero” Roberto Chabet

9. Some artworks are intended to
make a statement about an issue so
the viewer is guided by a written
explanation In Plet Bolipata’ s Cat
Dolls, the subject matter combines
human figure and cat head. The
artist constructed a human skeleton
made
of Wires and covered it with textile.
The cat head is made of resin. Several
of these are found in front of her
house to serve as “guards ”.

10. Plet Bolipata

11. Sam Penaso’ s Metalscape is an
abstraction using metal. This is an
example of a contemporary art style
There were art movements and styles
that dominated contemporary art
through the decades since the 1950s.
These are abstract expressionism,
kinetic art, Op art, performance art,
environmental art, feminist art,
post- minimalism, video art, graffiti
art,
postmodern art, body art, and
digital art.

12. Sam Penaso

13. ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM
a painting style in which the
artist applies paint in a manner that
expresses emotions and feelings in
a spontaneous way The figures may
be heavy in lines and color without
solid mass.

14. Alfonso Ossorio

15. Nasser Lubay

16. Cy Twombly

17. KINETIC ART
is a sculpture that moves with
the wind or is powered by a
machine or electricity .
Alexander Calder

18. Lucky Salayog

19. Lucky Salayog

20. Lucky Salayog

21. OP ART
uses lines or images repeatedly
to create an optical illusion.
Karl Pilkington

22. 3d Art Museum Philippines

24. PERFORMANCE ART
combines a variety of media
and the human body to execute an
artistic theatrical expression
before a live audience.
Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen

25. • Racquel de Loyola’s work addresses
the issues of women, colonization,
identity, migration, displacement,
capitalism and globalization.
• This lamentation of a multi-breasted
creature is a contemporary rendition
of Mebuyan, an ancient Filipino myth
of the Bagobo tribe. Mebuyan is the
nurturer of the village. In
contemporary times it may mean the
need to sacrifice in order for the
community to continue to exist, or
perhaps the motherland providing
sustenance to her people.

27. ENVIRONMENT ART
involves the
artistic creation or
manipulation of
space such as
landscape or
architectural design
that may enclose its
audience
Earthworks, or
art
using stones, leaves,
tress, grass or other
natural elements are
included in this
category.

29. FEMINIST ART
emerged from concerns of
female artists expressed through
art. They tackle issues of identity,
sexuality; gender roles, equality.
and the ways in which the female is
treated in society, among others.

30. Barbara Kreuger

31. MINIMALISM
had a stripped down,
prefabricated look free of details
and often with flat surface but
expresses a specific content or
statement. An example is electric
wire emerging from the wall that
coils to form a particular shape.

33. VIDEO ART
consists of images that are
recorded through a video and
viewed through television,
computer, or projection screen.

34. n
GRAFFITI ART
a drawing
inscription or
sketch done
hastily on a wall
or other surface
made to be see
by the public.

35. POSTMODERN ART
carries modern styles to
extreme practices, often
expressing an idea through amix
of materials such as found objects
welded together.

37. BODY ART
an art form that uses the body
as the medium or main material. It
can be painted or clothed and used
to perform artistic act in public.
Tattooing and piercing are
examples of body art.

38. Jay Dalupang
Wang Od (the last Mambabatok tattoo
artist in Kalinga)

39. DIGITAL ART
is done with the aid of
computer to create an image or
design composed of bits and bytes.
The image can be printed on paper,
tarpaulin. or other mediums.

40. Some art styles progress
through the decades and have
influenced artists throughout
the globe While some are short-
lived and are confined to a
group of locality. As such, some
art styles cannot be confined to
one particular decade.