Contemporary Art Forms PDF

**LESSON 1 Describes various contemporary art forms and their practices from the various regions** 1. **Fine arts** direct on contemporary painting, sculpture and architecture. 2. **Visual arts** focus on installation art as New Media Art; Public Art, the art in outdoor space; Mixed medi...

**LESSON 1 Describes various contemporary art forms and their practices from the various regions** 1. **Fine arts** direct on contemporary painting, sculpture and architecture. 2. **Visual arts** focus on installation art as New Media Art; Public Art, the art in outdoor space; Mixed media, which combines different art forms; Photography and Digital Works, the technology-aided art. 3. **Performing Arts** tackles the art of Theatre and Performance arts, Dance and Music. 4. **Contemporary Fine Arts Contemporary Painting** 1\. **Landscape Painting** is the most common among all types of painting by genre. These are painting of outdoor scenes. Most of the favorite subjects in this type of painting are: skies, mountains, river and even infrastructure like buildings, houses and many more that we usually see in our surroundings. 2\. **Abstract Painting** is the most difficult among paintings for it demands a good background in drawing for the pre-planned concept of painting, and an overflowing passion in painting for this type is used by most artist as an avenue where they can express their boundless imagination. It let viewers to thinks deeper and aloe them to have their own interpretation. 3\. **Figurative Painting** is a painting that portrays pictures of actual images as seen in the real world. The human images are commonly used as subject of this painting throughout history up to the present. 4\. **Watercolor Painting** is considered to be one of the most primitive types of painting. It is familiarly used by beginners or by children in most of their activities in school. It is usually mixed with water and put it on paper. **Contemporary Architecture** Used of advanced materials, such as tube structure and the use of computer-aided design. Its style doesn't have a recognizable feature for its style is quite varied for it is from different influences but there is typical feature for a contemporary house and building such as oversized windows and free shaped of frame. 1\. **Environment-Friendly Architecture** is a design that promotes environmental awareness through their style. 2\. **Biomorphic Architecture** is a design that is inspired by the features of a living thing such body parts of animals and human and even plants. **Contemporary Visual Arts Installation Art** It is an art form that requires a suited site for transformation of spaces to a desired effect. **There different types of installation art:** 1\. **Interactive installation art** is an installation that allows viewers or spectators to interact with the installation piece. Viewers are encouraged to touch and give comment to an artwork. 2\. **Conceptual installation art** is an installation that focuses on the idea. The installation exhibited objects and events that will lead to a concept that the artist tried to show. 3\. **Technology-aided installation art** is the use of technology in an installation art, like: the use of light, sound and computer application. 4\. **Performance Installation Art** is an installation for theatre and dance which includes careful planning for the execution of movement of performers with the placement of materials, lights and sound. 5\. **Environmental installation art** is an installation that shows environmental concerns. Some artists use this installation art to address to natural disasters and calamities. **Public Art** Commonly, these are monuments of heroes, public and religious figures. The following are the types of public art. 1\. **Commemorative monuments** are monuments of people or group of people who are considered to be heroes in history. 2\. **Municipal art** is usually sculptures located in front of government establishment and academic institutions to instill nationalism and serves as historical landmark to Filipinos and visitors and educate the young ones. 3\. **Community-based art** refers to the community-based artistic activity with the use of different materials available in the area and interaction of people in the community 4\. **Land art** are public art that interact with nature and the environment. 5\. **Campaign--inspired public art** promotes idea by making the idea visible to everyone. It is usually set up at places where people are congested. 6\. **Architectural art** are public art usually seen on malls or any enclosed concrete structures. 7\. **Design-based public art** is decorative and is often placed in parks and in outside commercial centers. **Mixed Media Art** These are artworks done from mixed materials, any materials including commercial garbage. 1\. **Collage** is a technique when cut out materials, cloth, string and many others, are pasted on a flat surface that turn into a creative artwork. 2\. **Assemblage** is a technique of putting objects together by welding or adhesion in a new concept **Photography** Photography is of different types: **1. Photography and Reality** is a photography that depicts reality. Most of its photographs depict true happenings or really exists in reality. **2. Nature Photography** photographs of nature, landscape and places we might not encounter in our lifetime. **3. Photo journalism** is a combination of photography and journalism. Pictures are used to help the readers, view what is being narrated, like in many newspapers and magazines. **4. Mobile Photography** is photographs taken by a mobile phone **5. Photographic Alteration** the use of photographic devise to alter or edit images and add what is being desired in just one touch. **Performance Arts** is an art done live to convey message in a limited time. There maybe group of performers or just one to perform on stage or on streets that shows on in acting, poetry, music, dance and painting to covey a campaign. **Theatre Art** is an art that requires actors and actresses to connect to the audience to let them experience a real or imagined event through combination of gesture, speech, song, music and dance, commonly done on stage and are scripted. **1. Realism** is a style that shows actual situations that Filipinos are in, focuses on the problems and the reaction to socio-economic-political issues encountered. **2. Combination of Realistic and Non-realistic styles** is a style that combines realistic and non-realistic style. **3. The Brechtian style** is a style brought by German playwright, Bertolt Brecht. He used devices to tell the audience that it's just a theatre not true to life. It's a style that promotes audience's reflective detachment and not emotional involvement. **4. Musical Performances** is a theatre art that uses music in expression of arts. The issues of tempo, dynamics, pitches and instrumentation are on a performer's option. **5. Documentary Style** are plays dealing with historical events and life story of a person. **6. Short Plays** are skits used by starter before jumping into something big. Usually used by students and teachers as an activity to hook the interest of the student in a new lesson. **Contemporary Dance** Contemporary dance is a performing art that involves body movement in accord to the musical beat. **1. Disco Dancing** is a dance style characterized by movement of the hip and pelvic, some will jump together with the raising of arms to the beat of the music. **2. Hip hop** is a dance style that includes breaking, locking and popping. It is something made just happened or "freestyle" or spontaneous performance. **Contemporary Music** Music is beyond words, it has the power to speak through people's mind, heart and soul. **Freddie Aguilar** was very famous of his song "Anak" that had been very popular worldwide. **Gary Valenciano** is known for his ala Michael Jackson moves and religious songs. ∙ **Sharon Cuneta** is a very well-known superstar and a love song singer. **Mike Hanopol** is a recording artist, guitarist and a singer. Some of his famous songs were Katawan and Laki Sa Layaw. **Kuh Ledesma** is a famous singer from Bacolod City. Some of her famous songs are Bulaklak; Till I Met You and Sino ang Baliw.