The document discusses the evolution and characteristics of contemporary Filipino art, emphasizing various forms including painting, sculpture, and installations. It highlights notable artists and their works, the influence of historical and cultural themes, and the significance of different artistic styles and materials. Additionally, it explores the impact of colonization on art in the Philippines and the emergence of modern and contemporary practices among Filipino artists.

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4. Most contemporary visual artists
in the Philippines produce works
that fall into the fine arts
category. The majority of the
contemporary art produced in the
Philippines are paintings,
sculptures, and drawings.

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6. This may be defined as a two-
dimensional form of art that showcases
artistic expression created on a flat
surface. Images are made by applying
pigment on a prepared surface using
typically one or a combination of the
following tools: brush, palette knife,
spray, finger, etc.

8. Religious themes were the primary
subject for the artworks during the
Spanish colonial times. In the
present, many religious-themed
paintings can be seen in the murals
of many churches and in paintings
with social commentaries.

9. It portrays poor children from Metro Manila, all
between the ages of 4 and 14, at the Last Supper
with Christ Our Lord. He has called it "Hapag ng
Pag-asa", the table of hope. To start with, it is
not really a table. It is a big delivery box,
knocked apart and nailed together again as a table.
“Impit na Sigaw” eloquently reflected my journey as a
young artist in time of Martial Law. From my immersion
to the Hanonoo Mangyan tribe to the Anguish of widows
and mothers who lost a child, this is the narrative of
my art. Borned in a real life, real stories and
experience in our most challenging time of our youth.

10. It can be seen in the works of Angono,
Rizal native Carlos "Botong" V.
Francisco (1912-1969) whose masterpiece
Filipino Struggles through History
depicts Manila's historical events. This
mural is displayed, in the Manila City
Hall. Other historical-themed works
include Blood Compact, First Mass at
Limasawa, etc.

11. Bayanihan is one of the artworks
made by Carlos Francisco. The
artwork entitled Bayanihan
literally means, being a bayan,
and has been used to refer to a
spirit of communal unity and cooperation.

12. Portraiture paintings are used to
commemorate personalities option and
are seen in many formal institutions
such as government offices. It started
with the rise of the lustrados during
the Spanish colonial times. It was and
has been a symbolism of one's rise to
power and wealth.

13. is a Filipino Asian Modern & Contemporary
painter who was born in 1954. Numerous key
galleries and museums such as Ateneo Art
Gallery have featured Antipas Delotavo's work
in the past.
He is the artist behind President
Duterte’s inaugaral portrait entitled
“Digong de Cuatro” now displayed at the
Malacañan Library and Museum.

14. Itak sa Puso ni Mang Juan (Dagger in Old
Juan's Heart, 1978), Antipas Delotavo depicts
a man, slightly stooped, passing by an
overwhelmingly large billboard advertising the
archetypal product of the United States.
Duterte is known for his authoritarian leadership
style and man-of-the-people persona, characterized
by fiery rhetoric and controversial, off-the-cuff
speeches. His spokesperson and advisors frequently
had to interpret and clarify his remarks.

15. Paterno made oil paintings on canvas. In
1884, she created Still Life. It is a
romantic artwork that shows a rich cluster
of fruits that are found in the Philippine
islands.
was a renowned Filipino Expressionist whose
colorful and striking paintings portrayed a
variety of cubist-like figures such as a
mother embracing her infant, grisly
crucifixions, tables holding an array of fish
and fruit, stray dogs, and screaming subjects.

16. Still life is a work of art
that portrays inanimate
objects. It was traditionally
composed of a basket or bowl
of fruits and flowers in vases
on a table.

17. These two are the earliest known existing
artwork of a woman visual artist in the
Philippines. In 1885, she painted Fruits
and Flowers, River Scene with Banca, and
River Scene with Steamboat.
The depiction of the fishermen as they collect
their haul from the ocean may be a reference
to the artist's personal journey, and
spiritual awakening. In the painting men and
fish are locked in an eternal conflict between
ignorance and enlightenment, with the fish
representing the latter.

18. Landscapes depict the beauty of
the outdoors. It can be that of
the natural environment such as
the countryside and other rural
scenery, including seascapes that
focus on the imagery of bodies of
water.

19. Fernando Amorsolo painted and sketched more
than ten thousand pieces over his lifetime
using natural and backlighting techniques.
His most known works are of the dalagang
Filipina, landscapes of his Filipino
homeland, portraits and WWII war scenes.

20. The Dalagang Bukid was Amorsolo's muse of
ideal Filipina beauty. She is illustrated
as a smiling and cheerful lady wearing the
baro't saya, with her hair firmly pulled
back by a flowing bandana to protect her
from the glare of the afternoon sun.

21. His career started as a painter when he
translated the beauty of his hometown,
Paete, Laguna, with pen and ink. His mural
work "Paete I" won the grand prize at the
Art Association of the Philippines Art
Competition and Exhibition in 1972.

22. New York City, 14 November 2019 – An art
exhibit organized by the Philippine Center
entitled “Luzviminda” featuring the works of
world-renowned artist Manuel Baldemor will
have its opening at the Lobby Gallery of the
Philippine Center New York on 15 November
2019. Ambassdor Jose Manuel G. Romualdez and
Consul General Claro S. Cristobal will lead
the cutting of the ribbon.

23. Nude, as a subject of painting
in the Philippines, was rare
before the twentieth century
but has since been an accepted
and popular subject in
Philippine contemporary visual
arts.

24. Benedicto Cabrera, better known as
BenCab, is a figurative painter from
the Philippines. He is recognised as
a pioneer of Philippine art. BenCab's
paintings often depict figures
wrapped in flowing fabrics in muted
tones and earthy colour palettes.

26. Filipino artist Vicente Manansala was
one of the first Abstractionists on the
country's art scene. The Cubist
paintings and illustrations depicting
contemporary life at the time were
credited for bridging the gap between
rural and city life.

28. Genres are paintings whose themes
showcase people doing everyday
activities and chores. Earliest examples
of this type in Philippine history is
the Boxer Codex (1590), which
illustrates the different social classes
and attires of the different inhabitants
of the country at the time.

29. His works as cartoonist, illustrator,
and painter have garnered praises here
and abroad and have inspired many to
enter the art industry. However, his
recognition as a National Artist has
been long overdue

30. The mother-child duo has been a
favorite theme in art, featured in
paintings ranging from the Renaissance
to Abstract art. The mother-child
relationship symbolizes several themes
about fertility, humanity, redemption,
love, nurture, and duty.

31. The Multi Awardee Mario Parial was born
on August 13, 1944, in Nueva Ecija.

34. are artworks that are three-
dimensional. The
classifications of sculptures
are traditionally divided into
two, namely, free-standing
and relief.

35. also known as in the round,
are sculptures that are raised
independently in their given
space. It can be often
observed from all points of
view.

36. Reliefs are sculptures that are
raised from a background.
Depending on the figure's
distance from the background,
it can be also classified into
bas-relief and high relief.

37. are reliefs that are slightly protruding
from their background, while high
reliefs are reliefs that are prominently
raised against their background,
giving the sculpture more
dimensionality.

38. Sculptures are made by either adding
or subtracting materials. Subtraction
is used in carving, while addition is
seen in sculpting techniques like
molding, casting, and welding.

39. Contemporary art forms that are
related to sculptures, like mobiles, and
three-dimensional light manipulations,
such as holograms, are not easily
classified between free-standing and
reliefs. Hence they are classified as
contemporary art forms.

40. Examples of precolonial sculptural
artworks include the panolongs of
the Torogan, the Maranao Royal
house, the sunduk or the grave
markers of the Badjao, and the many
interpretations of the Ifugao rice
god, the bulul.

41. Wood carving is found throughout
the different regions and
communities of the country. It is
used to create and decorate the
items used in one's daily life such as
furniture, utensils, shelter, and
transportation.

42. This art form has existed throughout
the history of the Philippines and is
still alive in many cultural hubs in the
country such as Pate, Laguna and
Betis, Pampanga.

43. During the Spanish colonization, the
most notable sculptural pieces were
the santos, which are sculptural
representations of Christ and the
Christian saints. Many of these
religious iconographies can be seen
in Spanish colonial churches in the
Philippines.

44. Many of these santos are venerated,
and grand religious events are
centered around them. This is
especially true with, the Black
Nazarene in Quiapo, the Santo Niño
in Cebu, and Our Lady of Peñafrancia
in Naga.

45. Contemporary sculpture in the
Philippines can also depict the
different themes used in paintings
and drawings.

46. It can also be classified into two styles:
the academic/classical and modern.
Classical style follows the aesthetics of the
ancient Greeks and Romans as taught by
the European art academies, while the
modern style is often abstracted and is not
as particular about the realistic portrayal or
representation of figures compared to the
classical style.

47. During the American colonial period,
classical sculptures portrayed prominent
people of society and politics. This was led
by the Bulacan native Guillermo Tolentino
(1890-1976) whose sculptural
masterpieces include the Bonifacio
Monument and the Oblation in UP Diliman.

48. Tolentino was a professor at the said
university and mentored other classical
style sculptors such as Anastacio Caedo
(1907-1990) and Froilan Madriñan (1941-
2008).

49. Caedo was a Batangeño whose most
recognizable work is the memorial at the
MacArthur landing site in Leyte. Froilan
Madriñan was a Pate artist who was a
master in wood carving.

50. He was a great influence to many aspiring
artists of Pate, mentoring contemporary
sculptors like Luisito Ac-ac (b. 1952) who
is famous for his lifelike wooden sculptures
and Mário Dayo (b. 1948) who is known
Sculptural bust by Anastacio Caedo for his
Baroque style relief murals.

51. One of Guillermo Tolentino's most well-
known students was Napoleon Abueva (b.
1930). Abueva was born in Tagbilaran,
Bohol.

52. He is credited to be the pioneer of modern
sculpture in the Philippines and is
sometimes referred to as the "Father of
Modern Sculpture" in the Philippines.

53. Abueva's sculptures often gave a feel of
playfulness, fluidity, and movement. He has
worked with various materials such as
stone, metal, and concrete but still prefers
wood, particularly 'molave and narra. His
masterpiece Allegorical Harpoon (molave,
1964) is considered to be one of his best
abstract sculptural works.

55. A relief by Napoleon Abueva

56. Born in Uson, Masbate on March 8,
1937, Renato Rocha, also known as
Rene, was the second among four
children of Ramon Rocha and Consuelo
Autor. Growing up in Tabaco, Albay,
Rene would mold animal and human
figures out of clay soil from termite hills
(nuno sa punso) in rice fields.

57. Napoleon Isabelo Veloso-Abueva (born January
26, 1930), more popularly known as Napoleon
Abueva, is a Filipino artist. He is a sculptor
given the distinction as the Philippines National
Artist for Sculpture. He is also entitled as the
“Father of Modern Philippine Sculpture”. He is
the first and only Boholano given the
distinction as National Artist of the Philippines
in the field of Visual Arts.

58. Born in Uson, Masbate on March 8,
1937, Renato Rocha, also known as
Rene, was the second among four
children of Ramon Rocha and Consuelo
Autor. Growing up in Tabaco, Albay,
Rene would mold animal and human
figures out of clay soil from termite hills
(nuno sa punso) in rice fields.

59. Born in Uson, Masbate on March 8,
1937, Renato Rocha, also known as
Rene, was the second among four
children of Ramon Rocha and Consuelo
Autor. Growing up in Tabaco, Albay,
Rene would mold animal and human
figures out of clay soil from termite hills
(nuno sa punso) in rice fields.

60. Ros Arcilla was a Filipino Asian Modern &
Contemporary artist who was born in 1938. Ros
Arcilla's work has been offered at auction multiple
times, with realized prices ranging from 432 USD to
2,319 USD, depending on the size and medium of the
artwork. Since 2015 the record price for this artist at
auction is 2,319 USD for Untitled, sold at León Gallery,
Makati in 2021. The artist died in 2006.

61. who was born in ligan City, Lanao del
Norte. Her early works were terra-
cotta sculptural portraits of family and
friends, which further developed to her
trademark expressive depiction of
women. Another expressionist
contemporary sculptor is Quezon City
artist.

62. Arellano's dramatic sculptures
of cast and modeled plaster
and synthetic marble she calls
inscapes focus on the essential
meaning of a figure rather
than just its surface
appearance.

63. whose sculptural work is
evocative of indigenous
tribal art, making use of
woodcuts and other
found materials.

64. who is well known for his
bronze sculptural that make
use of welded pieces, giving
them a rough impression, and
for his series of sculptures
entitled Tikbalang.

65. of Bustos, Bulacan who
initially gained fame from
his beaten aluminum reliefs
and open-cage
construction.

66. The contemporary sculptural arts
mentioned is but a drop in the river of
talented and unique sculptors the
country has to offer. Every day, new
talents are emerging and discovered.