CONTEMPORARY ART FORMS
Art Dance
> expression or application of human creative skills and
imagination Music
Contemporary Art Visual arts
> art of the present, newest form of art
Theater
Why should we learn about it?
> to fully understand our culture, tradition and nations identity Literary arts/literature
Architecture
3 MAJOR TRADITIONS
film
Ethnic Tradition 1. Angono Petroglyphs
1. Dance
> influenced by > Binangonan, Rizal
geographical location > discovered by Carlos “botong” > movement of the body
& experiences francisco >originated in a unique ways showcasing how diverse philippine
> 127 human & animal figures dances are
engraved on rock walls > tinikling, carinosa,tala
2. Manunggul Jar 2. Music
> american period: mostly classical bc influence of the europeans
> Manunggul cave, Lipuun point in
palawan > 1960: avant garde music emerged into a combination of classica,
> signifies the belief of life after death traditional or ethnic music
3. Banga 3. Visual Arts
> such as painting, drawing, sculpting, ceramics, photography,
> pot filmmaking
> dance performance of kalinga
> shows the elegance of the igorot
tribe and skills of women 3.1 sculpture
> use of materials like wood, metals and stones creating a 3d like
model
Spanish Tradition 1. St Paul Metropolitan Cathedral > example: higantes of angono by mailah balde, manunggul jar,
bohol blood compact
> influenced by > Burgos, Vigan city in Ilocos sur
religion and > follows a baroque architectural 3.2 painting
secularization design
> practice of applying pigment suspended in a carrier (or medium)
2. Langit, lupa at impyerno by Josef and a binding agent (glue) to a surface (support) such as canvas or
Luciano Dans paper
> example: bayanihan painting
> found in St. James the apostle
church in Paete, Laguna 3.3 mural
> depicts heaven, crucifixion, earth,
> artwork painted on a wall
adam and eve, and sinner with
different transgressions
3.4 Cloth weaving
American colonial 1. Making of the Philippine National > natives practice blackstrap loom to create blankets and pieces of
and contemporary Flag clothing
arts tradition
> Fernando amorsolo, “grand old man 3.5 Jewelry making
> focused on the of philippine art”
national identity of 3.6 Pina cloth
the country 2. Bayanihan by carlos “botong”
Francisco > hand woven fabric produced from fibers of pineapple plants
> painting that showed the Filipinos 4. Theater
bayanihan tradition > collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers in
front of a live audience
3. Art installation in sand dunes of > ex: bodabil, miss saigon, huling el bimbo
Paoay by leeroy new
> made for la milagrosa festival in 5. Literature
ilocos norte > collection of written works
> symbolizes the great festivals, feasts > oscillated between personal expression and social commentary
and celebrations
3. Lino Brocka (cinema)
5.1 bagay > director, producer, screenwriter
> form of poetry that uses colloquial language and is built on > social and political topics
concrete images
3.1 Famous Works
5.2 spoken word > Tinimbang ka ngunit kulang (1974)
> performance that is word based. > Maynila sa mga kuko ng Liwanag (1975)
> oral art that focuses on word play such as intonation and voice
inflection
4. Ishmael Bernal (cinema)
6. Architecture > National artist in 2001
> building, hotels > active in artists’ rights and welfare struggle
> member of the directors guild of the philippines incorporation
6.1 tsalet (DGPI)
> type of house developed in early 20th century
> front porch made of wood and concrete 4.1 Famous Works
> City after dark (1980)
7. Film > Himala (1982)
> performed by actors/ actresses and usually filmed by a device
such as camera then uses special effects for editing 5. Eddie S. Romero (cinema & broadcast arts)
> “Enrique Morena”
> deputy director of film academy of the philippines (FAP)
NATIONAL ARTISTS > Chair or the sub committee on the arts of the national
> highest form of recognition given to filipinos who have done commission on culture and arts
significant contributions to the country
5.1 Famous Works
ORDER OF NATIONAL ARTISTS > ganito kami noon…paano kayo ngayon? (1976)
> presidential proclamation no. 1001 series 1972 > kamakalawa (1981)
> administered by National commision for culture and arts
(NCCA) 6. Fernando Poe Jr. 9 (cinema)
> selected by Cultural center of the philippines (CCP) > actors, director, producers, screenwriter, politician, stuntman
> chosen by the president > known for his advocacy and defense of the underprivileged and
oppressed
REQUIREMENTS
> filipino citizen 6.1 Famous Works
> contributed greatly to the country > Ang probinsyano (1973)
> distinct style which impacts generation of the artist that follow > Only the brave know hell (1965)
the artist style
> received national and international recognition
FILIPINO THEATER ARTISTS
1. Honorata De La Rama
FILMMAKERS > “ata de la rama”
1. Lamberto V. Avellana (theater & film) > singer and bodabil performer
> feb 12, 1915 - april 25, 1991 > national artist for theater and music 1987 by corazon aquino
> first national artist for film on 1976 CONTRIBUTIONS
> film and stage director > “queen of kundiman”
> reach out to the indigenous filipino groups
1.1 Famous Works > theatrical producers and write of plays such as anak ni eva &
> Anak Dalita (1956) bulaklak ng kabundukan
> Badjao: The sea Gypsies (1957)
2. Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero
2. Gernando De Leon (cinema) > playwright, director, theater artist
> sept 12, 1913 - july 25, 1981 > national artist 1997
> actor and director > wrote over 100 plays
> won 7 FAMAS awards between 1952-1971 CONTRIBUTIONS
> director of UP dramatic club and directed over 120 plays
2.1 Famous Works > theater named after him: the Wilfrido ma. Guerrero theater of the
> Terror is a man (1959) university of the PH
> The blood drinkers/Blood is the color of the night (1964)
3. Rolando Tinio
> national artist for theater and literature 1997
> playwright, thespian, poet, teacher, critics, and translator > abundant use of concrete but softened by mix of patter, textures
> revived filipino drama, restaging of theater forms like the and materials
sarswela. Famous Works:
CONTRIBUTIONS > Paco Park
> sole inventor of “taglish” > Bantayog ng mga bayani
> founded teatro pilipino
> larawan, ang mestiza, ang kiri, komedya orosmanat zafira 5. Francisco “Bobby” Manosa
> inspired by nipa huts
4. Daisy Avellana > promotes filipino style construction
> national artist for theater and film 1999 Famous Works:
> stage actress and theater director > Coconut palace
> husband: lamberto avellana > Ortigas headquarter of san miguel corp
CONTRIBUTIONS
> remembered her portrayal of candida marasigan in the stage and 6. Juan Filpe de jesus nakpil
film versions of nick joaquins portrait of the artist filipino. > first national artist for architecture
- Sakay 1939 & portrait of the artist as filipino 1955 > reflection of traditions & culture
Famous Works:
5. Severino Montano > capitol theater nakpil’s art decoratifs
> playwright, director, theater organizer > gala rodriguez ancestral house
> pioneer when it comes to institutionalizing legitimate theater
> national artist theater 2001 DANCE
CONTRIBUTION 1. Fransisca Aquino
> founded arena theater > “Mother of Philippine dancing”
> generations of dramatists were trained by him like Joonee Famous Work:
Gamboa and Behn Cervantes > Tinolabong
6. Salvador Bernal 2. Ramon Obusan
> national artist theater and design 2003 > founded the Ramon Obusan Folkloric Group (ROFG)
> father of theater design in the PH > compiled philippine traditions and rituals into dances
> over 300 productions , was known for using ingenious and Famous Work:
locally available materials > Kayaw
CONTRIBUTION
> founding the philippine association of theater designers and 3. Lucrecia Urtula
technicians PATDAT 1995 > founding director of Bayanihan Philippine national folk dance
> rajah sulayman, abaniko, la traviata company
> translated folk dancing into theater
ARCHITECTURE Famous Work
1. Leandro Valencia Locsin > Singkil
> urban landscapes with distinctive architecture reflective of
philippine art and culture 4. Alice Reyes
Famous works: > founder of ballet philippines
> St. andrew the apostle church, > declared by president benigno aquino III
> Cultural center of the philippines Famous Work:
> Bungkos Suite
2. William V. Coscolluela
> innovative and aesthetically pleasing designs 5. Leonor Goquingco
> hotels, resorts > inclined to indian, spanish dances and classical ballet
Famous works: > founded Filipinescas dance company and philippine theater
> Henann regency resort & spa boracay dance group
> Henann lagoon resort boracay Famous Work:
> Filipinescas: philippine life, legend and love in dance
3. Jose Maria V. Zaragoza
> postwar era MUSIC
> produced modern structures in the service of god and humanity 1. Antonio J. Molina
Famous Works: > composer, conductor, music administrator
> Meralco building (ortigas) >first composer invited to perform at malacañang
> Sto domingo church (quezon) > taught: lucresia kasilang & Felipe de Leon
> example: hatinggabi
4. Idelfonso P. Santos
> pioneer in the practice of landscape
2. Jose Maceda 4. Arturo Rogerio Dimayuga Luz
> expertise in composing and playing piano > founding member of modern neorealist school of philippine art
> received awards like Guggenheim and Rockfeller > national artist 1997
> pursued music at Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris > works: “los borrachos,1952-1954” “magbabanig,1952” “cyclists
> example: ugnayan and trumpeteres,1960”
3. Jovita Fuentes 5. Abdulmari Asia Imao
> first international star in opera and first lady of philippine music > works rooted from his muslim upbringing
> international debut: Cio cio san in puccini’s madama butterfly > national artist visual arts 2006
staged in Italy Teatro Municipale di Piacenza > works: sarimanok series, sarifish series and water buffalo
> founded Association Musical de Filipinas
> example: ay kalisud GAWAD SA MANLILIKHANG BAYAN (GAMABA)
> institutionalized through republic act no. 7355
4. Andrea O. veneracion > Ncca, though gawad na manlilikha ng bayan committee and ad
> founded university of the philippines madrigal singers hoc panel of experts
> founder and conductor of asian institute for liturgy music and
choirmaster for the university of the philippines madrigal singers MANLILIKHANG BAYAN
> example: bituing marikit > citizen engaged in traditional art unique to the philippines:
5. Antonino R Buenaventura 1. LITERATURE
> national artist in music 1988 > Ginawbilog
> conductor of the philippine army band to its former prestige as - advocate in preserving the tradition of his tribe, “ambahan”
one of the finest military bands in the world “the only band that (poem containing 7 syllables)
can sound like a symphony orchestra”
> example: triumphal march, echoes of the past, history fantasy, > Federico Caballero
second symphony, and akoy nangarap - panay bukidnon chanter
6. Ernani Cuenco 2. MUSIC/DANCE
> learnt violin at a young age > Alonzo saclag
> bachelor's degree in music at santo tomas conservatory of music - helped children learn folk songs
> represented the philippines as a delegate to the international - kalinga budong dance troupe
music conference in tokyo japan 1963 - kalinga instruments
> example: kalesa
> masino intaray
7. Lucrecia Kasilag - expert musician and poet, basal, kulilal and bagit
> played bandurria and guitar - storyteller and epic chanter
> held key positions in the both national and international music
organizations > Samaon sulaman
> example: love songs, legend of the sarimanok, ang pamana, - master in kutyapi
philippine scenes, her son, jose sisa, awit ng mga awit psalms
> Uwang ahadas
VISUAL ARTS - plays the kwintangan kayu
1. Benedicto Reyes Cabrera
> “BenCab” WEAVING
> National artist Visual Arts in 2006 > Darhata sawabi
> works: “larawan series, 2003”, “sabel in blue,2006” and “portrait - pisyabit weaver and kwintanggakay
of caroline,1972”
> Hajamina appi
2. Ang Kiukok - mat weaver
> prominent figure in the local art scene during marcos era
> national artist visual arts in 2001 by gloria macapagal arroyo > Lang Dulay
> works: “fighting figures, 1984” “the fishermen, 1981” and - tnalak weaver
“angry man, 1982”
> Magdalena Gamayo
3. Cesar Torrente Legaspi - dwells high quality textile called abel
> one of the thirteen moderns considered pioneers of modern art in
the country > Salita Monon
> national artist in painting 1990 - a bagobo textile weaver
> works: “ginintuang mayo,1985” “sea of gold, 1990 ““gadgets,
1974”
METAL WORK
> Edward Omutuc
- woord carving and metal art with religious and secular themes
CASQUE
> Teofila Garcia
- crafts high quality and functional headpiece called tabungaw
