Contemporary art refers to art produced during the late 20th and early 21st centuries, essentially art created in the present day. It's characterized by its diversity, lack of a singular style, and engagement with current social, cultural, and political issues. Contemporary art often challenges traditional notions of art and its creation, exploring new mediums and forms of expression.

1. THE CONTEMPORARY
ARTS
PRESENTED BY: MS.JESSA C. PACPAKIN

2. I. CONTEMPORARY ART
• It is the art that springs out of the present-day events
and passions of the society. It is the newest form of art,
amusing people from the middle to the late 20th century
up to this time (Perez, 2016).
• It is a statement that an artist makes about life,
thoughts, ideas, beliefs, and many other things that
define human life (Ramirez, 2016).

3. A. Characteristics of
Contemporary Art
(Ramirez, 2016)

4. 1. IT IS NOT CONFINED IN THE MUSEUM
 The artworks from this genre can also be found in galleries, art schools, side streets, and
public spaces like train or bus stations, and even shopping centers or parks.
 Artist Nicolas Aca’s “Boto: Goto” performance in a church in Cagayan De Oro

5. 2. IT PRACTICES A DIFFERENT WAY OF SELLING
ART WORKS.
Due to the increase in internet and
social media usage in our country,
people who sell artworks also went
“online” to increase their sales.

6. 3. MANY CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS ARE SELF-
TAUGHT AND DID NOT HAVE FORMAL EDUCATION.
Concerned with the development of their
talent and skills in art-making, thy study on
their own, interact with artists and read a lot
about lives of artists and their artworks.

7. 4. It has a variety of materials or medium to
choose from.
Access to different kinds of materials has
expanded the choice of artists.The problem
of weight has also been solved by technology,
which has given artists enough flexibility and
liberty to combine art materials with found
objects.

8. 5. ITS ARTISTS SOMETIMES EMPLOY THE HELP OF FABRICATORS,
CARPENTERS, ELECTRICIANS, OR WELDERS IN “CONSTRUCTING” ARTWORKS.
This is practiced by conceptual artists,
who use principles of physics and
technology of construction to form
their artworks.

9. 6. ORIGINALITY IS NOT AN ISSUE IN THIS TYPE OF
ART.
An artist can get another artist’s work and
redesign it using different materials. For
example, Juan Luna’s Spolarium was interpreted
in the context of mall culture in the present time
by Steve Santos, Ross Capili, Jose Tence Ruiz,
Archie Degamo, George Cabig, Heber
Bartolome, Nelson Viterbo, and Art Suarez in
their collaborative digital work Malliarium.

10. SPOLARIUM (LEFT) SIDE-BY-SIDE WITH MALLIARIUM
(RIGHT)

11. 7. IT IS THE PROCESS, RATHER THAN SALE, WHICH
IS ESSENTIAL IN CONTEMPORARY ART-MAKING.
It is not how much money the artists
make out of the final outwork but the
experience while they are doing it that
matters most.They put more value to
transmittal of the artwork’s message than
to the compensation that they will
receive for the piece.

12. SUBJECT MATTER AND STYLE
IN CONTEMPORARY ART

13. 1. SUBJECT MATTER
A subject is any person, animal, thing, or issue that is described
or represented in a work. It usually generates the question,
“What is it?”
• The subject matter is not confined to representation of human
figures and landscapes. Commonly, the subjects in this art are
children, women, the environment, or a combination of any of
these. There are also artworks where the subject matter is not
easily recognized.
 • If an artwork is an experiment on technique, the subject
matter is the technique itself. In conceptual arts, the viewer has
to engage thinking and exploring the meaning of the art work.

14. 2. STYLES
a. Abstract expressionism - It is a
painting style in which the artist applies
paint in a manner that expresses
emotions and feelings in a spontaneous
way

15. JOSE JOYA “DIMENSION OF FEAR”

16. KINETIC ART -
It is a sculpture that
moves with the wind or
with the help of a
machine or electricity

17. DAVID MEDALLA “BUBBLE MACHINE”

18. OP ART
It uses lines or images
repeatedly to create an
optical illusion.

19. “ PERPETUAL MOTION” BY: CONSTANCIO BERNARDO

20. PERFORMANCE ART
Consist of a variety of media and
human body to execute an artistic
theatrical expression before a live
audience.

22. ENVIRONMENT ART
 Involves artistic creation and
manipulation of space such as
landscape or architectural design
that may enclose its audience.

23. “CORDILLERA LABYRINTH” BY ROBERTO VILLANUEVA (1989

24. FEMINIST ART -
It tackles issues of identity,
sexuality, gender roles, equality,
and the ways in which the female
is treated in society.

25. “FILIPINA: A RACIAL IDENTITY CRISIS” BY
PACITA ABAD (1991)

26. MINIMALISM
It shows a stripped-down, pre-
fabricated look, free of details, and
often with flat surface but expresses a
specific content or statement.

27. “PRECINTS” BY MARIO YRISARRY (1965)

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

29. “HAIKU” BY MARK SALVATUS (2012)

30. GRAFFITI ART
It is a drawing, inscription or
sketch done hastily on a wall
or other surface made to be
seen by the public.

32. POSTMODERN ART
It carries modern styles to
extreme practices, often
expressing an idea through a
mix of materials such as found
objects welded together.

33. “FAITH AND DEVOTION 1” BY IAN QUIRANTE”

34. BODY ART
It is an art form that uses 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
also examples of body art.

35. APO WHANG-OD DOING “PAMBABATOK”

36. DIGITAL ART
It 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.

38. 
Types of Techniques
in Contemporary Arts

39. COLLAGE
a piece of art made by
sticking various materials
such as photographs and
pieces of paper or fabric onto
a backing

40. DECALCOMANIA
the art or process of transferring
pictures and designs from
specially prepared paper (as to
glass)

41. DECOUPAGE
the art of decorating surfaces
by applying cutouts (as of
paper) and then coating with
usually several layers of finish
(such as lacquer or varnish)

42. FROTTAGE
the technique of creating a
design by rubbing (as with a
pencil) over an object placed
underneath the paper

43. MONTAGE
the production of a rapid
succession of images in a
motion picture to illustrate an
association of ideas

44. TRAPUNTO
a decorative quilted design in
high relief worked through at least
two (2) layers of cloth by outlining
the design in running stitch and
padding it from the underside

45. DIGITAL APPLICATIONS
any application software that
can be used by a computer,
mobile device, or tablet to
make and/or display a work of
art