10 Questions
What is the term used to describe the way an artist uses and manipulates materials to express an idea or feeling?
Technique
What is the primary purpose of an artist using a specific medium in their artwork?
To express their feelings or thoughts
What are the three major techniques used in Philippine Contemporary Arts?
Minimalism, found objects, and large-scale art
What is the classification of art forms based on?
Medium
What is the significance of using local materials in traditional and contemporary arts?
To create a sense of cultural identity
What do various techniques and materials used in Philippine contemporary arts reveal about the local people and their way of life?
Their cultural identity
What is the significance of large-scale art as a technique in Philippine Contemporary Arts?
It creates a sense of grandeur
What is the desired outcome of using the appropriate materials and techniques in art creation?
To achieve a specific art form
What is the primary function of a medium in art creation?
To convey the artist's message
What is the relationship between the artist's context and the art they create?
The artist's context influences the art they create
Study Notes
Techniques and Performance Practices Applied to Contemporary Arts
- The Philippines is rich in natural resources, and Filipinos use their creativity to meet the needs of the community and express ideas, knowledge, feelings, and ways of life.
Traditional and Contemporary Arts
- Traditional arts use locally available materials like plastic straw, bottles, old newspaper, and recyclable materials.
- These materials are used to create meaningful arts that reflect the history and culture of the Philippines.
Contemporary Art Techniques and Materials
- Minimalism: an artistic movement that seeks to take away unnecessary elements, leaving only the essential.
- Found Objects: using materials that people find useless in a unique way to create an artwork.
- Large-Scale Art: creating huge artworks for public view to express diverse perspectives.
Classification of Art Forms According to Medium
- Musical: uses musical instruments, traditional musical instruments made by local materials, body and movements, and integration of stage, design, performance elements, and script.
- Practical: uses designs, architect, sculptor, cement, paper, bamboo, wood, bricks, stone, concrete, metal, wood, stone, clay, and glass.
- Environmental: uses wires, junk, and recycled materials to occupy space.
- Pictorial: uses shapes, pictures, graphics, painting, drawing, design, photography, camera, celluloids/negatives, and processing chemicals prints.
- Narrative: uses language, drama, novel, music, and dance.
Contemporary Art Examples
- Mark Salvatus' Secret Garden 2: an interactive art created with inmates using plastic spoons, forks, and other materials.
- Ikoy Ricio's Interactive Games: composed of trump cards with images of Philippine car wrecks, its body parts, and details of accidents.
- Maria Taniguchi's Untitled (Mirrors): used traditional medium of acrylic on canvas and traditional modern style of abstraction.
- Felix Bacolor's Waiting (2012): a simulation of a waiting room with real digital clocks and metallic immovable chairs.
- Anonymous Animals in Mariyah Gallery: excavated animals were presented with specific and scientific names and other important details for a real animal.
Explore the creative ways Filipinos use natural resources to meet community needs and express themselves. Learn how artists transform recyclable materials into valuable works of art. Discover the role of contemporary arts in the Philippines.
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