(designed for CPAR classes K-12) Contemporary Philippine Arts

1. What is Contemporary
Prepared by Ronuel L. del Rosario
?

3. CONTEMPORARY ART
• The scope of contemporary art is
broad, as there are over 100 art
styles and movements under its
category.
• The artist experiments with
medium and form to make a
statement. Collaborative and
interactive practices are gaining
popularity.

5. • Although some are not intended
to be sold, there are those that
are sold online.
• These are some changes that
have taken place after World War
II, the time contemporary art was
born.
• (The new style of art that has emerged after World War
II is called contemporary art)

6. • Contemporary artists did not feel
obliged to apply perspective,
color combination, naturalism and
other guidelines that were
carefully observed in traditional
art. They definitely broke the
rules of traditional art.

8. CHARACTERISTICS OF
CONTEMPORARY ART
• Contemporary art is not confined
to museums. They are found also
in galleries, schools, streets, and
public spaces (bus stations, parks, etc)
• Some artworks cannot be
repeated or sold.
• Many artworks are posted online.
• Some art is accessible to people
w/ internet.

12. • Many contemporary artists are self-
taught and do not have formal art
education.
• In architecture, different shapes and
forms have emerged from usage of
diff. materials.
• Artists employ help of fabricators,
carpenters, electricians, or welders
in constructing their artworks.
• Some gather found objects and put
these together in a certain way that
expresses their statement regarding
an issue.

14. • Originality is not an issue in
contem.art. An artist can get
another artist’s work and add to
it, redesign, or reinterpret it using
other materials. #mimesis
• What is essential to
contem.artists therefore, is the
process of art-making.
#experience

18. • Given all these, contemporary art
is a statement that an artist
makes about life, thoughts, ideas,
beliefs, and many other things
that define human life.

19. EXPLAIN!
• Art by David Shrigley