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Contemporary Philippine Art Guide

 Contemporary art refers to art created by living artists that reflects the current times in response to trends like globalization, technology, and diversity.  Many contemporary artists try to capture modern realities like constant connectivity and borderless societies through appropriation of previous works, performance pieces interpreting everyday life, site-specific installations, hybrid materials, and use of technology.  Art in contemporary times has evolved to incorporate appropriation of previous works, more spontaneous performances interpreted through a deeper understanding of life, use of varied materials in hybrid artworks, and propagation through expanding technologies like the internet.

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Contemporary Philippine Art Guide

 Contemporary art refers to art created by living artists that reflects the current times in response to trends like globalization, technology, and diversity.  Many contemporary artists try to capture modern realities like constant connectivity and borderless societies through appropriation of previous works, performance pieces interpreting everyday life, site-specific installations, hybrid materials, and use of technology.  Art in contemporary times has evolved to incorporate appropriation of previous works, more spontaneous performances interpreted through a deeper understanding of life, use of varied materials in hybrid artworks, and propagation through expanding technologies like the internet.

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Contemporary Philippine Arts from the Regions 2 : Art in Contemporary Times Contemporary Philippine Arts from the Regions

from the Regions 2 : Art in Contemporary Times

What is contemporary art? Summary;


 A world view, and is sensitive to the changing times  Contemporary Art refers to all artworks created by artists that are living
 Not restricted to the individual experience of the artist but is reflective of the and are very representative of our times
world we live in  Many contemporary artists try to capture modern day realities ranging
J.Paul Getty Museum
from constant and instant connectivity to borderless societies
- made and produced by artists living today
- artist’s work that responds to a global environment  Art in contemporary times has evolved into being appropriated into
- is culturally diverse, advancing technology, multifaceted another artwork, performed with a deeper understanding of life, created
using varied resources, and propagated with technology
New Elements and Principles
1. Appropriation
 Existing artworks are “appropriated” to form another artwork
 The use of these prints, images, and icons to produce another art form
is a feature of contemporary art
 Combining the past with the present
 The contemporary artist revives interest to existing forms of art
Is appropriation still acceptable? Do you think that the pre-existing artwork used in
appropriation is defaced or devalued?
2. Performance
 Has evolved to emphasize spontaneous, unpredictable, elements of
chance
 Interpreting various human activities, from ordinary activities such as
chores, routines, and rituals, to socially relevant themes such as
poverty, commercialism and war
 Ex: int’l Filipino performance artist Marilyn arsem playing a dead
person at the Philipine International Performance Art Festival
 Ex: Yuan Moro Ocampo performing The Shadow in Denmark
3. Space
 Site-Specific Art Forms
i. Performed of positioned in specific spots, especially in public
places (ex : human star – de la sale centenerary celebration,
random 3d street art)
4. Hybridity
 The mixing of the unlikely materials to produce an artwork (ex:
painting by Karen Eland using coffee as medium, miniature sculptures
using crayons, Mona Lisa made using a typewriter)
5. Technology
 Used in the creation and dissemination of works of art
 MTV in 1981, then Youtube posting and sharing videos
 Video and internet are used in propagating art

How do you think did the internet help in the innovation of art?

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