Contemporary art refers to art produced from the 1970s to present day. It reflects current times and is influenced by global events and trends. Some key characteristics include an emphasis on ideas over objects, and the introduction of new forms like conceptualism, performance art, and installation art. Contemporary art often incorporates appropriation, hybridity, technology, and site-specific installations. It covers diverse mediums like dance, music, literature, visual art, and theater.

1. CONTEMPORARY ART
- ART PRODUCED FROM 1970’S UNTIL THE PRESENT PERIOD IN TIME
- THE ART OF PRESENT WHICH IS CONTINUOUSLY IN PROCESS AND IN FLUX.
- INCLUDES AND DEVELOPS FROM POSTMODERN ART
- IT IS PRECEDED BY MODERN ART
- NOT RESTRICTED TO INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCE BUT IS REFLECTED OF THE
WORLD WE LIVE IN
- EVENTS IN THE WORLD HAVING AN EFFECT TO THE PHILIPPINES
- IT HAS A WORLD VIEW AND IS SENSITIVE TO CHANGING TIMES
- AN OFFSHOOT OF SOCIAL REALISM BROUGHT ABOUT BY MARTIAL LAW

2. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MODERN
AND CONTEMPORARY ART
• MODERN ART – EXPRESSIONISM,CUBISM, SURREALISM,
ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM AND OP-ART
• THESE STYLES REFLECTED THE POLITICAL AND SOCIAL TRENDS OF THE PERIOD SUCH AS
WW1, ECONOMIC DEPRESSION OF THE 1920’S AND 1930’S, WW2 AND IT’S POST-COLONIAL
AFTERMATH
• CONTEMPORARY ART – FOCUSED ON HOW ART WAS CREATED
AND DESSIMINATED RATHER THAN “WHAT WAS PRODUCED”
• EMPHASIZED IDEAS AND CONCEPTS RATHER THAN PRECIOUS OBJECTS AND THE SKILLS
NEEDED TO MAKE THEM
• INTRODUCED SERIES OF NEW ART FORMS SUCH AS CONCEPTUALISM, PERFORMANCE,
HAPPENINGS, INSTALLATION, EARTHWORKS, PROJECTION ART,

3. MODERN ARTS
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4. MODERN ARTS

5. CONTEMPORARY ARTS

6. CONTEMPORARY ARTS

7. ELEMENTS/ PRINCIPLES OF
CONTEMPORARY ART
• APPROPRIATION – EXISTING
ARTWORKS ARE
APPROPRIATED TO PRODUCE
ANOTHER ARTWORK
• USAGE OF PRINTS,
IMAGES AND ICONS TO
PRODUCE ANOTHER
ARTFORM
• COMBINES PAST FROM
THE PRESENT
• REVIVES THE INTERESTS
TO EXISTING FORMS OF
ART

8. ELEMENTS/ PRINCIPLES OF
CONTEMPORARY ART
• PERFORMANCE – EMPHASIZE
SPONTANEOUS ELEMENTS OF CHANCE
• INTERPRETING VARIOUS HUMAN
ACTIVITIES SUCH AS ORDINARY
ACTIVITIES LIKE CHORES, ROUTINES
AND RITUALS, TO SOCIALLY RELEVANT
THEMES SUCH AS POVERTY,
COMMERCIALISM, AND WAR

9. PERFORMANCE

10. ELEMENTS/ PRINCIPLES OF
CONTEMPORARY ART
• SPACE – ARTS TRANSFORMING
SPACE; ART FORM THAT IS
PERFORMED AND POSITIONED IN A
SPECIFIC SPACE SUCH AS PUBLIC
SPACES

11. SPACE

12. ELEMENTS/ PRINCIPLES OF
CONTEMPORARY ART
• HYBRIDITY – USAGE OF
UNCONVENTIONAL MATERIALS, MIXING OF
UNLIKELY MATERIALS TO PRODUCE AN
ARTWORK
• EXAMPLE: COFFEE FOR PAINTING,
MINIATURE SCULPTURES USING
CRAYONS

13. HYBRIDITY

14. ELEMENTS/ PRINCIPLES OF
CONTEMPORARY ART
• TECHNOLOGY – RECORDING
PERFORMANCES, POSTING, USING ANY
TECHNOLOGY IN THE CREATION AND
DISSEMINATION OF ART WORKS

15. CONTEMPORARY ART
FORMS
1. CHOREOGRAPHY
2. MUSICAL INSTRUMENT
3. LITERARY AND MUSIC COMPOSITION
4. VISUAL DESIGN
5. THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE

16. CHOREOGRAPHY
• AKA DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY OR DANCE
COMPOSITION
• MEANS “DANCE-WRITING”
• ART OR PRACTICE OF DESIGNING SEQUENCES OF
MOVEMENTS OF PHYSICAL BODIESIN WHICH MOTION,
FORM OR BOTH ARE SPECIFIED

17. •ALICIA GARCIA REYES – MOTHER OF PHILIPPINE
CONTEMPORARY DANCE.
- FOUNDER OF BALLET PHILIPPINES (COUNTRY’S
PREMIERE COMPANY IN BALLET AND CONTEMPORARY
DANCE).
- INITIATED THE PROFESSIONALIZATION OF DANCE
ARTS IN THE COUNTRY
- PROCLAIMED NATIONAL ARTIST IN 2013 BY PRES.
AQUINO

18. MUSICAL INSTRUMENT
• ANY OBJECT THAT PRODUCES MUSICAL SOUNDS
• FLUTE – THE OLDEST OBJECT CONSIDERED MUSICAL
INTRUMENT

19. LITERARY AND MUSIC COMPOSITION
• LITERARY COMPOSITION – IMAGINATIVE OR CREATIVE WRITING
• MUSICAL COMPOSITION – A MUSICAL WORK THAT HAS BEEN
CREATED;
• 3 REPERTOIRES OF PHILIPPINE MUSIC
• ASIATIC ORAL TRADITIONS (INDIGENOUS PHILIPPINE MUSIC) – TRADITIONS
PRACTICED AMONG THE VILLAGES IN CORDILLERA
ADMINISTRATIVE REGION, MUSLIM COMMUNITIES IN WESTERN
MINDANAO AND SULU.
EXAMPLES:
INITIATION AND GRADUATION CEREMONIES
COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE
FUNERAL RITES

20. 3 REPERTOIRES OF PHILIPPINE MUSIC
• WESTERNIZED ORAL TRADITIONS (PHILIPPINE FOLK
MUSIC)– ORALLY TRANSMITTED GENRES AND COMPOSITIONS
THAT ARE PERFORMED IN RURAL CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES IN
LUZON, VISAYAS AND PARTS OF LOWLAND MINDANAO
EXAMPLES:
RELIGIOUS AND PARALITURGICAL REPERTOIRS
SANTACRUZAN
LENT AND CHRISTMAS SEASONS
STO. NINO FEAST
DINAGYANG

21. 3 REPERTOIRES OF PHILIPPINE MUSIC
• WESTERN-INFLUENCED ART & POPULAR MUSIC
AND CLASSICAL MUSIC – FOUND IN URBAN
COMMUNITIES AND CENTERS OF POPULATION
EXAMPLES:
THEATRICAL SHOW
BALLET
DRAMA MUSICALES
CINEMA

22. VISUAL DESIGN
• DESIGN WORKING IN ANY MEDIA OR SUPPORT OF VISUAL
COMMUNICATION
• USES VISUAL CHANNELS FOR TRANSMISSION OF MESSAGES
BASIC ELEMENTS
1) LINES
2) SHAPES
3) COLOR PALLETTE
4) TEXTURE
5) TYPOGRAPHY
6) FORM

23. PRINCIPLES OF VISUAL DESIGN
1. UNITY
2. GESTALT
3. SPACE
4. HIERARCHY
5. BALANCE
6. CONTRAST
7. SCALE
8. DOMINANCE
9. SIMILARITY

24. THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE
•A PUBLIC PRESENTATION, DRAMATIC
OR MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT.