CONTEMPORARY ARTS

ART is known as the outlet of the creator’s ideas, feelings, thoughts and emotions
ARTIST FROM CALABARZON
CARLOS “BOTONG” FRANCISCO
- The poet of Angono , revive the mural art
LUCIO D. SAN PEDRO
- composer of hymns like Nuestro Padre Jesús Nazareno
- master composer, conductor, and teacher whose music evokes the folk elements of the Filipino
heritage
BIENVENIDO LUMBERA
- he introduced to Tagalog literature what is now known as Bagay poetry, a landmark aesthetic
tendency that has helped to change the vernacular poetic tradition
- he pioneered the creative fusion of fine arts and popular imagination.
FRANCISCO FELICIANO
- His lifetime conscientiousness in bringing out the “Asianness” in his music,
- his choral compositions have been performed by the best choirs in the country, such as the
world-renowned Philippines Madrigal Singers
- genius in choosing to state his ideas in their simplest state but producing a haunting and long-
lasting impact on the listening soul that makes his music extraordinarily sublime.
MANUEL BALDEMOR
- He has contributed more than 24 designs for reproduction on UNICEF’s greeting cards and are
distributed worldwide
- He hails from the artistic town of Paete, Laguna province known for its woodcarvers
TOMAS “TOMMY” ABUEL
- is an award-winning stage, film and television actor from Cavite. He has been nominated eight
times for the FAMAS Award for Best Supporting Actor
- He received the Aliw Award for Best Stage Actor for three consecutive years. His memorable
theater roles in stage plays
FRANCIS FLORENTINO SALUDO REYES
- best known for being the guitarist for the Filipino rock band The Dawn.
- who uses the on-air stage name Francis Brew.
JINGGOY BUENSUCESO
- designer challenging the boundaries of contemporary art and design, a modernday Pygmalion
unafraid to mold difficult materials into immersive dreamscapes and tangible cosmic forms
MANOLITO TOLENTINO MAYO
- He was also credited by his peers and art writers as the "Original Punk" of Philippine Arts
- it lasted only a mere decade. He was one of the active young artists who experimented,
collaborated, and exhibited art works in the thriving hubs of modernist and contemporary
galleries and art associations in Ermita District of Manila
 CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS

 EDITH LOPEZ TIEMPO

- proclaimed as one of the Philippines foremost writers in English alongside other seminal writers
like Jose Garcia Villa
- Her poetry is hailed for its witty and complex word play “BONSAI”,
“THE LITTLE MARMOSET”
- whose works are characterized by a remarkable fusion of style and substance, of
craftsmanship and insight. Her poems are intricate verbal transfigurations of significant
experiences

 JOSE JOYA
- spearheaded the birth, growth and flowering of abstract expressionism” in the Philippines. His
mature abstract works have been said to be “characterized by calligraphic gestures and linear
forces

 LAMBERTO V. AVELLANA
- director for theater and film, has the distinction of being called “The Boy Wonder of Philippine
Movies” as early as 1939
- the first to use the motion picture camera to establish a point-of-view, a move that
revolutionized the techniques of film narration

 CIRILIO F. BAUTISTA
- received a fellowship to attend the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa
(1968–1969) and was awarded an honorary degree—the only Filipino to have been so honored
there.

 LUCIO D. SAN PEDRO

- His music evokes the folk elements of the Filipino heritage. Cousin to “Botong” Francisco, San
Pedro produced a wide-ranging body of works that includes band music,concertos for violin
and orchestra, choral works, cantatas, chamber music, music for violin and piano, and songs
for solo voice.
- conductor of the much acclaimed Peng Kong Grand Mason Concert Band

 ANDREA VENERACION
- founder of the Philippine Madrigal Singers
- She established a tradition for which the Madz

 ABDULMARI ASIA IMAO

- first Asian recipient of the New York Museum of Modern Art Grant to Europe and Scandinavia
(1963).
- A sculptor and painter who fused traditional Islamic designs with Modernist strokes that result
in vivid works of bold geometrical patterns

 NICOMEDES JOAQUIN Y MARQUEZ (NICK JOAQUIN)

- Filipino writer and known because of his short stories and novels in English language
- fondly called “Onching” by his close friends
- “opened a new vision of filipino life”
 HONORATA “ATANG” DE LA RAMA
- hailed as the “Queen of Kundiman
- played as “Angelita” in a zarzuela named “Dalagang Bukid”, the very 1 st locally produced
Filipino film, on 1917

 NAPOLEON V. ABUEVA
- “Father Of Modern Philippine Scuplture”
- many of his sculptures that now sit in public places in the Philippines and abroad convey a
sense of realism

 FELIPE DE LEON
- He was awarded as Composer of The Year in 1949.
- He played the trombone in dance orchestras which is performed in cabarets, circuses and
bodabil
- He was credited for being the "Crisis Composer" of the Philippines, having served under 13
different presidents as chief advisor on culture and music

 FEDERICO AGUILAR ALCUAZ

- Known for creating cubist-inspired paintings.
- Most of his paintings are about women, interiors and landscapes.
- Technique characterize by soft-blurry edges with bold lines and shapes

 JOSE GARCIA VILLA

- also known as the “Pope of Greenwich Village” in 1940s in New York City
- introducing a new rhyme scheme called “reversed consonance”

 ERNANI JOSON CUENCO

- wrote an outstanding and memorable body of works that resonate with the Filipino sense of
musicality and which embody an ingenious voice that raises the aesthetic dimensions of
contemporary Filipino music
- working in collaboration with National Artist for Music Levi Celerio. He was also a teacher and a
seasoned orchestra player

 ISHMAEL BERNAL
- has been called "the genius of Philippine cinema" by critics
- actor, screenwriter, TV & stage director, and filmmaker

 CESAR LEGASPI
- “NeoRealists” of the country
- belonged to “Thirteen Moderns”
- was colorblind;he saw colors such as green and red only in varying shades of grey and brown.

 RAMON MUZONES
- wrote over 62 novels, most of them in Hiligaynon. His popular works in include Kuting-Kuting sa
Kudyapi, Tibud nga Bulawan, Maambong nga Sapat, Bagong Maria Clara, Margosatubig ,
which became the first Hilgaynon bestseller, and many others.
- He co-founded Sumakwelan, a pioneering organization of Hiligaynon writers and poets
promoting Hiligaynon literature.
 BENEDICTO CABRERA
- best known as BenCab
- passionately create artwork that commented on social and political topics of oppression and
freedom

 ILDEFONSO PAEZ SANTOS JR.

- popularly known simply as "IP Santos", he was a Filipino architect who
- was known for being the "Father of Philippine Landscape Architecture

 JOSE MARIA V. ZARAGOZA

- defined by a significant body of modern edifices that address spiritual and secular requirements
- Zaragoza’s name is synonymous to modern ecclesiastical architecture.
- Santo Domingo Church and Convent and the Pink Sisters Convent

 ALEJANDRO R. ROCES
- Changing the date of Philippine Independence Day from July 4 to June 12.
Recovering the stolen original manuscripts of Noli Me Tangere, El Filibusterismo and Mi último
Adiós.
- Changed the language used in Philippine passports, coins, bills and diplomas to Wikang
Pambansa.

 ALICE REYES
- a dancer, choreographer, teacher, and director, she has made a lasting impact on the
development and promotion of contemporary dance in the Philippines
- contributed immensely to increasing awareness and interest for modern dance as her influence
has been deep
- founder of Ballet Philippines who propelled the company into a national arts institution we can
all be proud of.

 JOVITA FUENTES
- First International Star in the world of opera
- founder of the Jovita Fuentes Cultural Society, the Artists' Guild of the Philippines
- responsible for producing operas in the Philippines with dreams of developing the love of opera
in the country

 VIRGILIO S. ALMARIO
- also known as Rio Alma, Is a poet, Literary historian and Critic,
- who has revived and reinvented traditional filipino poetic forms , even as he championed
modernist poetics

 VICTORIO EDADES
- Father Of Modern Philippine Art"
- He executed two paintings in 1928: “The Sketch” and “The Builders ”.

 LAZARO FRANCISCO
- he established the Kapatiran ng mga Alagad ng Wikang Pilipino, roughly translated as
"Brotherhood of the Disciples of the Filipino Language"- a society that campaigned the use of
Tagalog as the national language of the Philippines
 SALVADOR BERNAL
- After he survived a lot of stroke a few years ago. After designing and being part of almost 300
productions of arts, music, and films. He is now the "Father of Philippine Stage Design"

 GERARDO DE LEON
- also known as “Manong”
- produced a number of anti-American propaganda films during World War Two
- most awarded film director in the history of the Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences'
FAMAS

 AMADO V. HERNANDEZ
- Filipino writer and labor leader who was known for his criticism of social injustices in the
Philippines and was later imprisoned for his involvement in the communist movement
- His socio-political novels were based on his experiences as a guerrilla, as a labor leader and
as a political detainee.

 FRANCISCO FELICIANO
- was one of the Philippines’ most important composers. Feliciano created more than 30 major
works that include operas and music dramas .

 JOSE MACEDA
- Maceda recorded end collected traditional music’s in the Philippines and in some parts of
South East Asia during the period between 1953 and
- ethnomusicologist who dedicated his life to the understanding and popularization of Filipino
traditional music

 ANG KUIKOK
- known for his non-mainstream portrayals of the mother and child and the crucifixion of
Christ
- been called “one of the most dynamic figures in contemporary Philippine arts.” It has also
been said that he “opened eyes with his violent Cubist paintings of fighting cocks, stray
dogs and tormented lovers,”