Contemporary Arts in the
Philippines
(Week 11)
Mrs. Jovelyn M. Baluyut
Teacher
Medium - is defined as the material, or the substance
out of which work is made. Through these materials,
the artists express and communicate feelings and
ideas.
Technique - it is the manner in which artists use and
manipulate materials to achieved the desired formal
effect and communicate the desired concept,or
meaning according to his/her personal style.
Philippine Art works with traditional techniques to
contemporary art creations:
• Painting can be in red chip (clay mixed with water)
designs embellished on the ritual pottery of the
Philippines such as the acclaimed “Manunggul
Jar” which is an example of a burial jar. Philippine
pottery has been a long tradition and evidence of
this pottery-making has been found Sanga-Sanga,
Sulu and Laurente Cave in Cagayan .
Manunggul Jar
It is manifested in the tattoo tradition of
early Filipinos who are now referred to as
Pintados or Painted People of Visayas.
Maranao are well known for the arts and
the architectures that survived to the
present and manifested until now is the
Naga Dragons and Sarimanok Carved and
painted in the beautiful Panolong of their
Torogans or King's House.
PINTADOS
• Indigenous Art
The Itneg people are known for their intricate woven
fabrics. The “Binakol’, which features designs that
incorporate optical illusions woven fabrics of the
“Gadang” people usually bright red tones. Their
weaving can also be identified by beaded
ornamentation. Other people such as the Ilongot, make
jewelry from pearl, red horn - bill beak, plants and
metals.
Binakol weaving is the 'Op Art' of the Philippines
The blankets in the dizzying designs, they believed, would
confuse and distract the evil spirits. Binakol designs
range from whirlwinds and stars to fans, cat's pawprints,
and traditional Filipino capiz shell windows.
The weaving technique is a traditional practice that is
threatened by machine-made inexpensive fabrics. Our
Binakol fabric is approximately 25" wide and made
of 100% polyester.
Binakol
Elito Circa -a folk artist of
Pantabangan and a pioneer for
using indigenous materials, natural
raw materials including human
blood.
He is popularly known as “ Amang
Pintor,” who gained recognition by
using his hair to make his paint
brushes and reigns his painting with
blood on the right side corner.
•The lumad people of
Mindanao such as the
“B’Lan”, “Mandaga”,
“Mansaka”, and “T’Boli”
are skilled in the art of
dying abaka fiber known
as “Manila Hemp”. The
fiber is dyed by a fiber
called “Ikat.” “Ikat”
fibers are woven into cloth
with geometric patterns,
depicting human, animal,
and plant leaves.
Sarimanok is the most well-known design. The figure
represents a fowl with wings, feathered tail and a head
decorated with ornaments of scrolled and painted motif
of leaves, spirals and feather-like forms. It usually stands
on a fish, and another one hangs from its beak.
Hagabi - a wooden chair of Ifugao, which symbolizes his
status as a citizen in their community. It depicts the
wealth and power of the owner who is called
“Kadanagyan” or a person who belongs to the higher in
their society.
This chair is made of Narra or Ipil-Ipil and the original design is called
“Ginulding-Gulding”, meaning like a goat-like head . At present Hagabi
may have a different shapes one end which is called “Ngiwi” , is like the
head of an animal with an elongated nose and two big ears.
• Islamic Arts
Okir-a-Datu/Okir (men’s design) -This kind of art has two main artistic style.
One is carved -line. Wood carving and metal working. This style is
associated with men. The other style is geometric tapestries and is
associated with a boat like imaging. In this design the scroll is the
dominant feature in the men's work composed of various spiral forms.
Okir-a-Datu or
Okir (men’s
design)
Okir-a-Bay (ladie’s design) - the zigzag, and angular forms are the
dominating motifs in women’s geometric art of this design. The
most popular of the “Malong” , style is the land cap which is either
dominantly red, yellow, green, blue or violet.Often, men wear the
red land cap and the women the yellow. Red and yellow stands
for the royalty and aristocracy.
Kampilan- weapons made by Muslim Filipinos which are skillfully
carved.
The Bagobo are proud people with proto Malayan
features. They have ornate traditions ,weaponry and
other metal arts.They are noted for their skills in
producing brass articles through the ancient lost-wax
process. These people weave abaca cloths of earth tones
and make baskets that are trimmed with beads, fibers
and horse’s hair.
Kampilan- weapons made by Muslim Filipinos which are
skillfully carved.
Kut-Kut Art
- this is a technique combining the Oriental and
European art process. It is a highly collectible art
form. It is an exotic Philippine art form based on
early century techniques sgraffito, encaustic and
layering. The merging of these ancient styles
produces a unique artwork characterized by delicate
swirling interwoven lines, multi-layered texture and
an illusion of three-dimensional space.
Performing Arts
• Music
The early music of the Philippines featured a mixture of
indigenous Islamic and variety of Asian sounds.By the 21st
century, many of the folk songs and dances have remained
intact all throughout the Philippines. Modern day Philippine
music featured several styles. Most music genres are
contemporary such as Filipino rock, Filipino hip-hop and
another musical style. Some are traditional such as Filipino
folk music.
Performing Arts
• Dance
Philippine folk dances include the “Tinikling” and
“Carinosa.” In the southern region of Mindanao,
some are popular dance showcasing the story of a
prince and a princess in the forest. Bamboo
exploits every positions of these clashing poles.
Architecture
The nipa hut (Bahay Kubo) was the most common
form of house among the native Filipinos. It is
characterized by the use of simple materials
such as
bamboo and coconut as the main source of
wood. Cogon grass and nipa palm leaves and
coconut fronds are used as roof thatching.
Critiquing Available Art Materials
Availability. An art material has to be obtainable, ready for use, at hand.
Simply put, the art material exists or is physically present for the artist to
use. It is already there; this is the quality of being able to be used or
obtained.
Accessibility. An art material has to be within the artist’s reach, easily
acquired without much effort or difficulty for the artist. It is the quality of
being acquired or used easily.
Affordability. An art material has to be within the financial capacity of
the artist to be purchased or bought. The artist can bear or meet the
expense of acquiring the needed art material. Though a cheap good
quality art material is good but an art material acquired for free is still
the best.
Critiquing Appropriate Art Technique
Appropriateness.The manner by which the artist is going to apply in
creating an artwork should be suited to the kind of art materials that will
be used as well as suited to the kind of art technique.
Mastery. It is expected that the artist is skilled and highly knowledgeable
of the art technique. The right art materials are there and the suited art
technique is appropriate to the art form but if the artist is not adept with
the use of the specific technique to be applied, the outcome might run
contrary to what is expected.
Practicality. Art technique should be functional and sensible for the
objectives or purpose set by the artist for the creation of the artwork.
Practicality makes the art technique truly appropriate when it is indeed
useful for the artist and when it is understandably fit for the kind of art
materials and for the conceived artwork.
Answer the following
questions using the given
picture.
a. What kind of art form
is being created by the
artist?
b. What kind of materials
are being used by the
artist?
c. Critique the available
art materials in the
picture and the artist’s
technique using the
bases for critiquing.
Answer the following
questions using the given
picture.
a. What kind of art form
is being created by the
artist?
b. What kind of materials
are being used by the
artist?
c. Critique the available
art materials in the
picture and the artist’s
technique using the
bases for critiquing.
Answer the following questions
using the given picture.
a. What kind of art form is being
created by the artist?
b. What kind of materials are
being used by the artist?
c. Critique the available art
materials in the picture and the
artist’s technique using the
bases for critiquing.
A. What were
the materials
used for the art
work?
B. Describe and
critique the art
technique used
by the artist in
creating the
artwork.
A. What were
the materials
used for the art
work?
B. Describe and
critique the art
technique used
by the artist in
creating the
artwork.
