CONPHILARTS: LESSON 1

Any work created by a living artist

Contemporary art changed dramatically through the   century to   century period.

Recent and emerging art.

Expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power.

Tool for communication

Artwork reflects the   and their  

(6) Art as a form of;

People who create art.

Being up to date and technologically advanced

Art that is current and new is also referred to modern as opposed to “traditional” or “conservative”

Modern is sometime between  -  (past).

1960 - still emerging
Produced by artists living today

1880 - 1960
Referred to as “traditional”

Is the art of the present, which is continuously in process and in flux

Contemporary Art is the  

Author: Hernando R. Ocampo

Art: The Contrast

Author: Xyza Cruz Bacani

Art: Man in Stairs

Author: H. Ocampo

Art: Man and Caraba

Art: Morning Dance

Author: Cesar Legaspi

- Produced paintings in 90’s and well into 21st
- Hard-edged and abstract minimalist style
- National Artist

- Painted “Musikero” series, depicting roving ragtag bands of musicians carrying cymbals and horn, clarinet and drum, playing cacophony of sounds. The contrasting planes and lines between musicians and instruments carried into Luz’s geometric bias.

Father of Philippine Modern Art

Initiating the Modern Art movement that challenged the Neoclassic style, which was dominant that time

Neoclassic or Modern

Depicts reality as closely as possible and idealizes it: beautiful and pastoral

Neoclassic or Modern

Creates illusions of depth, nearness and farness

Neoclassic or Modern

Familiar and comfortable

Neoclassic or Modern

Considered as “academic” as it was and continues to be taught in school (UP Fine Arts) where Fernando Amorsolo and Guillermo Tolentino are influentialA

Neoclassic or Modern

Depict what might be thought as “ugly” and unpleasant

Neoclassic or Modern

- Do not aim to copy and idealize reality
- They change and flatten the picture instead of creating illusions of depth

Neoclassic or Modern

they change colors and flatten the picture instead of new looking and shocking

Author: Fernando Amorsolo

Art: The Palay Maiden

Author: Victorio Edades

Art: Mora Girl

Social Realist of the 70s are considered heirs of  

Contemporary art is influenced by  

is a social realist but the style and medium of installation is markedly different

they cannot be experienced in the same way if removed from their original places of exhibit whether in the gallery, out on the streets, in the forest, on the internet, etc.

integrate various medium and art forms

the art is never complete without the audience’s active input