CPAR REVIEWER - Contemporary Arts in the Philippines PDF

**CPAR REVIEWER** **Contemporary Arts in the Philippines** **Philippine Contemporary Art -** an offshoot of social realism brought about by Martial Law. **Music** -- the latest trends and musical styles in entertainment industry **Dance**- the style of expressive movements that combines element...

**CPAR REVIEWER** **Contemporary Arts in the Philippines** **Philippine Contemporary Art -** an offshoot of social realism brought about by Martial Law. **Music** -- the latest trends and musical styles in entertainment industry **Dance**- the style of expressive movements that combines elements of several genres including modern, jazz, lyrical and classical ballet **Theater** - a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience. **Visual Art**s- are art forms such as painting, printmaking, sculpture, photography, video, filmmaking, design, crafts, and architecture. **Literature** - works written after World War II through the current day. **Film & broadcast arts** -combines high standards of training in production skills **Contemporary Art Forms** are the "art of today" ex. Painting, sculpture, Photography, performance arts, etc. **REPORTER 10** **Various Contemporary Art Forms** **Contemporary Music** -- the OPM (Original Pop Music) refers to popular contemporary music in the Philippines. Ryan Cayabyab is one of the best OPM composers in which his songs have several revisions by the different artists to communicate with the current environment. **Contemporary Dance** -- Swag stresses versatility and improvisation and can be danced to almost any style of music or united with other dance forms to create new styles of movement. **Contemporary Theater** -- protest theater is a theater that comments on political and social issues like the Teatro Pabrika which dramatizes issues related to wage increase, worker's benefits, management and government's policies towards labor. **Contemporary Visual Arts** -- Assemblage is a form of sculpture composed of \"found\" objects arranged in such a way that they create a piece. Creating artworks from recyclable objects. **Contemporary Literature** -- Spoken word/poetry is an avenue to voice feelings and opinions in a creative way for individuals and communities to address different social realities of the current times. It expresses their thoughts through pen and performance art. **Contemporary Film and Broadcast** -- Independent Films utilized current technology in film and are usually made with considerably low budgets and provide fresh content. **Contemporary Architecture** -- Modern Bahay Kubo/Cottages are in a neo vernacular style in which the structure is a combination of modern materials and processed indigenous materials like coconut lumber, bamboo together with concrete and sliding glass windows. **REPORTER 11** **CONTEMPORARY ARTS** **Filipino Artist in the Society** \- Presenting and educating the public about the history and identity. **Filipino Artist in the World** \- Globally influenced, culturally diverse and technologically advancing world. **Filipino Artists in the Economy** \- Efforts by the government to introduce Filipino artists in the overseas markets and also contribute to the growing Industry and foreign interest in their works. **Ryan Cayabyab (born Raymundo Cipriano Pujante** **Cayabyab;** His works range from commissioned full-length ballets, theater musicals, choral pieces, a Mass set to unaccompanied chorus, and orchestral pieces, to commercial recordings of popular music, film scores and television specials. Among his various compositions are; Da Coconut performed by Smokey Mountain and Anak ng Pasig by Geneva Cruz. **Levi Celerio --** National Music Artist for Literature. A Filipino lyricist and composer. He was recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records for being the only musician who could play music using a leaf**.** He was a Filipino composer and lyricist who is credited to writing not less than 4,000 songs. Celerio was recognized as a National Artist of the Philippines for Music and Literature in 1997. **Nicanor Abelardo --** He was credited for bringing the KUndiman to the level of Arts.One of the Triumvirate of Filipino composers. He wrote most of his important works while teaching at the conservatory. His graduation piece, a Piano Sonata in G Major, was the first Sonata made by a Filipino composer\[a\] and his postgraduate piece, the Piano Concerto in B-flat minor, was the first concerto made by a Filipino composer. Almost all of his kundiman was written during his time as well. **Alice Reyes --** The Mother of Contemporary Dance.The founder of Ballet Philippines.She made a lasting impact on the development and promotion of Contemporary Dance in the Phils. And her biggest contribution is the development of distinctly Filipino Modern Dance. **Francisca Reyes Aquino --** She is the Folkdance pioneer in the Philippines. She published enormous books regarding Philippine Dances like Fundamentals of Dances Steps and Music. She published a thesis in 1926 entitled Philippine Folk Dances and Games where she noted on previously unrecorded forms of local celebration, ritual and sports. Her thesis was made with teachers and playground instructors from both public and private institutions in mind. **Ramon Obusan --** He promoted the Philippine ethnic dances and performed them with respect and authenticity.He is also an acclaimed archivist , researcher and documentary filmmaker focused on Phil. Culture. Among Obusan\'s notable works are the following:Vamos a Belen! Series (1998-2004) Philippine Dances Tradition,Noon Po sa Amin, tableaux of Philippine History in song, drama and dance and Obra Maestra, a collection of Ramon Obusan\'s dance masterpieces **REPORTER 12** **National Artists -- Literature, Film and Broadcast Arts Contemporary arts generally referred to work made between 1970 and the present in which respective artists are still living.** **There are six roles of artists in the society which are their contribution to the development of contemporary arts. The artist as a teacher, a philosopher, a visionary, a historian, an entertainer, and a pragmatist.** **The artist as a Teacher:** Enhances audience's experience and thoughts **The artist as a Philosopher:** Communicates to the audience **The artist as a Visionary:** allows the reader, viewers and audience perceive a high, more perfect and ideal reality. **The artist as a Historian:** promotes cultural and historical background of a community **The artist as an Entertainer:** brings pleasure or delight **The artist as a Pragmatist:** consolidates concepts and resources present in the environment. A combination of different roles. **REPORTER 13** **National Artists for Visual Arts: Architecture, Design & Allied Arts** **FERNANDO AMORSOLO National Artist for Visual Arts (1972)** - - - **HERNANDO R. OCAMPO National Artist for Visual Arts (1991)** - - - - **BENEDICTO \"BENCAB\" CABRERA** **National Artist for Visual Arts (2006)** - - - **CARLOS \"BOTONG\" FRANCISCO National Artist for Painting (1973)** - - - **CESAR LEGASPI National Artist for Visual Arts (1990)** - - - **ABDULMARI ASIA IMAO National Artist for Visual Arts (2006)** - - - **ARTURO LUZ National Artist for Visual Arts (1997)** - - - **NAPOLEON ABUEVA National Artist for Sculpture (1976)** - - - **J. Elizalde Navarro (1924--1999)** **Francisco Coching (1919--1998)** **Victorio Edades (1895--1985)** **Ang Kiukok (1931--2005)** **Jose Joya (1931--1995)** **Vicente Manansala (1910--1981)** **Lauro "Larry" Alcala (1926--2002)** **Federico Aguilar Alcuaz (1932--2011)** **Guillermo Tolentino (1890--1976)** ### **Architecture** **Pablo Antonio (1902--1975)** **Leandro Locsin (1928--1994)** **Juan Nakpil (1899--1986)** **Ildefonso Santos, Jr. (1929--2014)** **Jose Maria Zaragoza (1912--1994)** **REPORTER 14** **WAYS TO EVALUATE CONTEMPORARY ART FORMS BASED ON THE ELEMENTS/PRINCIPLES** 1. **SPACE** --contemporary performance art on stages, in museum 2. 3. 4. 5. **REPORTER 15** **GAMABA Artists** **Gawad Manlilikha ng Bayan** (National Living Treasures Award) was established in **April 1992** through **Republic Act No. 7355.** The task was given to the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) , the highest policy-making body for the culture and arts in the country. The main objective of the award is to honor and support traditional folk artists and to see to it that their skills and crafts are preserved. The award is tied with a program that ensures the transfer of their skills to new generations and the promotion of the craft both locally and internationally.In 2014, the Senate of the Philippines adopted Senate Resolution No. (SRN) 765 aimed at recognizing the accomplishments of the country's living treasures. **Eduardo Mutuc -Carving -**Created religious and secular art in silver, bronze and wood 2005 **Uwang Ahadas -Performing Arts -** a Yakan, a people to whom instrumental music is of much significance, connected as it is with both the agricultural cycle and the social realm. He is a hands-on-teacher to those who wants to learn playing Yakan instruments including the kwintangan, kayu, and tuntungan. 2000 **Masino Intaray -Performing Arts -** skilled and proficient player of the basal (gong), aroding (mouth harp), and babarak (ring flute, well-versed in kulilal (songs) and bagit (vocal music). 1993 **Samaon Sulaiman -Performing Arts-** Proficient in kulintang, agong,gandingan, palendag, and tambul 1993 **Alfonso Saclag -Performing Arts -** founder of the Kalinga Budong Dance Troupe, Kalinga master of dance and the performing arts from Lubuagan, Kalinga 2000 **Federico Caballero -Performing Arts -** epic chanter from Kalinog, Iloilo; works for the documentation of the oral literature, particularly the epics, of his people. He is considered a bantugan. He strives to dispense justice in the community through his work as a manughusay -- an arbiter of conflicts 2000 **Ginaw Bilog- Literature -** is a Hanunoo Mangyan poet from Mansalay, Oriental Mindoro. He is considered as a master of the Ambahan poetry. This wisdom is his key to the understanding of the Mangyan soul 1993 **REPORTER 16** 1\. **GawadManlilika ng Bayan** ( GAMABA ) - GawadManlilika ng Bayan ( GAMABA ) -also known as the National Living Treasures, is the award given to a person or a group of artists that is recognized by the Philippine government for their contributions to the nation's cultural heritage. 2\. **Weaver** - the act of the making cloth by repeatedly crossing a single thread through two sets of long threads on a loom. **LANG DULAY -- Tnalak** **SALINTA MONON -- Sinukla and Bandura** **DARHATA SAWABI -- PisSyabit** **HAJA AMINA APPI -- Mat weaving** **MAGDALENA GAMAYO -- Abel** 3\. **Textile or Fabric art** - is the process of creating something using fibers gained from sources like plants, animals, insects (think silkworms!), or synthetic materials. **AMBALANG AUSALIN -- Magtetenun** **YABING MASALON DULO--Tabih** **ESTELITA TUMANDAN BANTILAN -- Igem** 4\. **Pottery** - made from clay and fired from high temperature KALINGA -- Manunggul Cave NOVALICHES -- Kalanay Cave 5\. **Graphic and Plastic art** - graphic arts includes calligraphy, photography, painting, typography, computer graphics, and bindery. A plastic art includes painting, sculpture, film and photography. **MARANAO PEOPLE -- Sarimanok** **FERNANDO AMORSOLO -- The Fruit Gardener** 6\. **Ornament** - objects worn by the human body, including body modification. WHANG-OD OGGAY -- Mambabatok **REPORTER 17** **TRADITIONAL FOLK ARTS IN THE PHILIPPINES** **FOLK ARCHITECTURE** These are simple structures built of local materials and available tools to provide shelter for its inhabitants. **Bahay Kubo** - is a symbol of Philippine culture as it depicts the most nurtured Filipino value of called 'bayanihan,' which attributes to a spirit of collective unity or effort to accomplish an objective. In fact, bahaykubo is the national shelter of the Philippines. **Mosque** - A mosque is generally a very symbolic place for a Muslim, being a humble way for Muslims to recreate pure divine presence on earth. The primary purpose of the mosque is to serve as a place where Muslims can come together for prayer. **Intramuros** - It was designed as a tight grid to keep its streets functional but contained. **Rice Terraces** - is an epitome of harmony between humankind and nature. This shows that the environment is willing to be shaped and used as long as the people are taking good care of it. **Famous Artist** **LEANDRO V. LOCSIN - "Floating** **Volume"** **ILDEFONSO P. SANTOS - Paco** **Park** **PABLO S. ANTONIO - Far Eastern University, Galaxy Theatre** **JUAN NAKPIL - Quaipo Church/Manila Jockey Club** **FRANCISCO MAñOSA - The Coconut Palace at the Cultural Center of the Philippines complex** **CARLOS A. SANTOS-VIOLA - Iglesia Ni Cristo** **JOSE MARIA V. ZARAGOSA - Santo Domingo Church, Our Lady of Rosary in Tala, Don Bosco Church, etc** **MARITIME TRANSPORT** These are simple marine vessels made for the transport of goods and people living by the sea and other waterways in the surroundings regions. **Wooden Banca** - the outrigger canoe is a small wooden boat used for daily transport by people living near the coast **Vinta** - it is traditional boat made by Sama -- Bajau, these boats are used for inter-island transport of people and goods. **CARVING** is the act of using tools to shape something from a material by scraping away portions of that material. **Sandug**o (Blood Compact) by Napoleon "billy" Abueva. -- is a Visayan word which means \"one blood\". This is considered as the first treaty of friendship between the Spaniards and Filipinos. **Oblation** (Up Diliman) by Guillermo E. Tolentino - is a symbol for Jose Rizal's Mi Ultimo Adios. It also symbolizes all the unknown heroes who fell to free our country from the Spaniards. This statue for me really captures the symbolism.