SEBASTIAN KARL DEVERA

CONTEMPORARY ARTS ASSIGNMENT

1. Various contemporary art forms and their practices from the various
regions.
a. Performance arts
i. Cariñosa of luzon
b. Visual arts
i. Mindanao’s sari manok paintings
c. Sculpture
i. Visayas lapu lapu sculpture
2. Classifications of the various art forms found in the phillipines.
a. The art of the Philippines can be divided into two distinct
branches, namely, traditional arts, and non-traditional arts.
 functional art
i. Hindu-Buddhist iconography
ii. Lingling-o
iii. Batanes workshop site
iv. Architecture
v. Weaving
 Visual arts
i. Painting
ii. Calligraphy
iii. Sealing and Papermaking
iv. Sculpture
 Performing arts
i. Dance
ii. Dramas
 Martial arts
 Pottery
 Culinary art
 Other art forms
3. Define contemporary art in the phillipines
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a. Contemporary art is the art of today, produced by artists who are

living in the twenty-first century. Contemporary art provides an
opportunity to reflect on contemporary society and the issues
relevant to ourselves, and the world around us.
4. Research on various contemporary art forms
Following are the different contemporary art forms:

 Performance
This contemporary art form is a beautiful grouping of poetry and visual art.

 Installation
The aim of this contemporary art form is to produce a visually melodramatic situation through
arrangement of art.

 Minimalism
This art form seek to depict just the perception or the idea behind the art.

 Conceptualization
This contemporary art form encourages the impression that art not essentially has to be a
materialistic object, in fact it is the thought which is the real art form.

5. Filipino artist and their contribution in contemporary arts

i. American colonial period (1898-1940) to the postwar
republic (1946-1969)
1. Tanikalang Ginto (Golden Chain) – Juan Abad 1902
2. Hindi ako Patay (I Am Not Dead) – Juan Matapang
Cruz 1903
3. Kahapon, Ngayon at Bukas (Yesterday, Today and
Tomorrow) –Aurelio Tolentino 1903
4. A Modern Filipina – Lino Castillejo & Jesusa
Araullo 1915 [FirstFilipino play written in English]
b. Architecture
i. Burnham Park (Baguio City)---Architect William
Parsons,Urban Planner Daniel Burnham
c. Paintings
i. Don Fabián Cueto de la Rosa
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 (May 5, 1869 – December 14, 1937) "master of

genre"
ii. Fernando Cueto Amorsolo
 (May 30, 1892 – April 24, 1972)
 Philippines' first National Artist in Painting (1972)
 "Grand Old Man of Philippine Art"
ii. Victorio C. Edades
 (December 23, 1895 – March 7,1985)
 National Artist Award for Visual Arts - Painting
(1976)
 "Father of Modern Art in the Philippines"
d. Sculpture
i. Guillermo Estrella Tolentino
 (July 24, 1890 – July 12, 1976)
 National Artist Award for Visual Arts-Sculpture
(1973)
 "Father of Philippine Arts"

6. Compare forms of arts from different regions

VISAYAS
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7. Interpret and relate the significance of art forms from the region.
a. The significance of the different art forms from the different
region is that it shows the wisdom and the culture of the place
using visual connotations to denote meaning to the mind of the
viewers.