CONTEMPORARY ARTS FROM
THE REGION
•Rhythm is a principle of art which is
a regular repetition of elements to
produce the look and feel of
movement.
•Proportion is a principle of art which
is the comparative relationship of
one part to another with respect to
size, quantity, or degree: SCALE.
•Visual Arts is a variety of forms of
that can be enjoyed using the
eyes.
•Performance art is a mix of visual
arts and performing arts
•Samaon Sulaiman is a musician from
Mamasapano, Maguindanao, known for
playing the traditional Kutyapi
instrument. He received the award in 1993.
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•Alonzo Saclag is a musician and dancer
from Lubuagan, Kalinga, celebrated for his
expertise in Kalinga music and dance. He
was awarded in 2000.
•Teofilo Garcia is a casque maker from San
Quintin, Abra, known for his
craftsmanship in Tabungaw casque
making. He was honored in 2012
•Magdalena Gamayo is a master weaver
from Pinili, Ilocos Norte, renowned for her
Inabel weaving. She received the award in
2012.
•Nature is the subject and theme of
ambahan. Ambahan is composed of 7
syllables.
•Benedicto Cabrera/Bencab is a
filipino painter and was awarded
national Artist of the Philippines for
visual arts in 2006. He was “arguably
the best-selling painter of his
generation of Filipino artists” and
master of Philippine Contemporary
art.
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•Honorata “Atang” Dela Rama was formally
honored as the Queen of Kundiman in
1979, national artist for theater and
Music
•Levi Celerio is a prolific lyricist and
composer for decades He made it to
the Guinness Book of World Records
as the only person who was able to
make music using just a leaf
•Dance is rhythmic and expressive
movements of the body in
successive motion usually
accompanied by music.
•Painting is the art of creating
meaningful effects on a flat surface
using pigments.
•Dominant/Mainstream is one of
the characteristics of Philippine
Contemporary arts which is foreign
influenced, industry driven, and
technology assisted, oriented for
mass consumption
•Installation art is a form of
contemporary art that involves the
arrangement of objects in a given
space.
•Real art is something that is
understandable, “what you see is what you
get”, objective and representational (e.g.
photography, stage play, dance, sculpture,
and architecture)
•Ginaw BIlog is a Poet Hanunuo Mangyan
Panaytayan, Oriental Mindoro 1993.
•Lang Dulay is the textile weaver, T'boli,
Lake Sebu, South Cotobato
•Darhata Sawabi is the Weaver, Tandubas,
Tawi-Tawi, Weaving (Mat), 2004
•Masino Intaray is a musician and epic
chanter from Brooke’s Point, Palawan. He
was recognized for his mastery of Kulilal
and Bagit poetry and Basal / Gong music
in 1993.
•Ronald Allan K. Poe known as “The Boy
Wonder of Philippine Movies”, he is
credited to be the first to use the point-
of-view camera technique that
transform film narration.
•Context is changes in landscape,
innovations in technology, and popular
types of media have dramatically
influenced our relations and the way
we live.
•Rice Planting is one of Fernando
Amorsolo’s paintings (1942) that
evoked a semblance of peace, idealized
work in the countryside, and promoted
values docile industriousness.
•Musical Theater includes traditional theater such
as sarswela and ritualistic dramas. With the
love of Filipino to Music, it is not surprising
that it is one of the most popular forms of
theater.
•Amador V. Hernandez first major work “Mga Ibong
Mandaragit” and it was written while he was in
prison.
•Lino Brocka was considered as one of the
geniuses of Philippine cinema. He was
posthumously awarded as National Artist for
Film in 2001.
•Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang was Directed by Lino
Brocka that liked to push the boundaries and
make people think. One of his major works
•The National Commission for Culture and
the Arts is the highest policymaking and
coordinating body for culture and the arts
of the state.
•Sight art is something that you can see,
imagine, and create (e.g. painting, drawing,
mosaic crafting, drafting, stage designing,
and graphic designing)
•Pure art is created and performed for other’s
sake and for audience satisfaction (e.g.
watching movie)
•Abstract art is a non-subject matter, non-
representational but technique focused and
style-oriented (e.g. Grey Tree by Piet
Mondrian)
•Weaving is the art of interfacing threads or
fibers to create textiles, fabric or other similar
product.
•Pottery is the art and craft of making pots and
other wares using clay or mud.
•T’nalak is a traditional cloth made by a group
of people in Lake Sebu, South Cotabato called
T'bolis, this traditional cloth is hand-woven
made of Abaca fibers
•Fernando C. Amorsolo was posthumously
recognized as the ‘Philippines’ first National
Artist on April 28, 1972, and known as the
“Grand Old Man of Philippine Art”.
•Guillermo E. Tolentino was awarded as
National Artist for sculpture in 1973 and some
of his major work art the Bonifacio Monument
in Caloocan and Oblation in UP, Diliman.
•Line is an element of art which is a
mark with length and direction.
•Texture is an element of art which is
the surface quality or “feel” of an
object, its smoothness, roughness,
softness, etc., it may be actual or
implied.
•Unity is a principle of art which is
achieved when all the elements
and principles work together to
create a pleasing image.
