A transgression of
established norm
and rules.
Coffee Medium: Artist Nuria Salcedo
Split Art Artist: Erin Barylski
Split Art Artist: Erin Barylski
ARTIST : Jodi Harvey-Brown
Artist: Ivan Dixon
Artist: Yeo Kaa
Deviant Art: mattersmost
The world of
contemporary art is
plural, diverse, and
at time whimsical.
APPROPRIATION
The practice of creating a new work by taking a pre-existing image or
work from another context- art history, media, advertising- and
combining the borrowed image with new ones.
Artist: Santiago Bose
CONART AND
LOCAL HERITAGE
HERITAGE
Something that can be passed from one generation to the
next, can be conserved o inherited, and has historic or
cultural value
HERITAGE
Physical objects and places of heritage
• Old buildings, paintings, public art, etc.
Manunggul Jar found in Maitum
TAMPUHAN by Juan Luna
HERITAGE
Practice of heritage
Oral traditions, dance, fiestas, etc.
HERITAGE
These are unique to the region
or locality that are conserved or
handed down from one
generation to the next
HOW CAN LOCAL HERITAGE MIX
WITH CONTEMPORARY ART?
FUNCTIONS OF
CONTEMPORARY ART
Is contemporary art created merely for the
sake of the artist to feed his vanity or his
curiosities? Or do the artworks created by
contemporary artist have a greater
intellectual and social impact? Does
Contemporary Art exist chiefly for its own
sake? Does it have a purpose, a role, or a
responsibility? Doe it exist in order to teach,
to urge a moral point, to entertain, to
distract, to amuse, to serve beauty, to
support a revolution, to disgust, to
challenge, to stimulate or to cheer?
FUNCTIONS OF
CONTEMPORARY ART
Contemporary Art for Pleasure
Contemporary Art as Profession
Contemporary Art as Commentary
Contemporary Art in Spirituality
Contemporary Art as Remembrance
Contemporary Art for Persuasion
Art as Self-Expression
CONTEXT OF THE ART
It includes a host of conditions such as historical events, economic trends,
contemporary cultural developments, religious attitudes, social norms,
other artworks of time, among others.
THE FOLLOWING ARE INQUIRIES
ABOUT THE CONTEXT OF AN ART
1. What are the historical events occurred at the time the work was
created?
2. What scientific discoveries or technological innovations may have
influenced the artist?
3. What were the other artistic influences on the work?
4. What were the philosophical ideas of the time that informed the
artwork?
5. What were the cultural influences?
6. Who was the intended audience?
7. Is the artist identified with a particular movement, school, or style?
8. What was the original purpose of the work?
CONTEXT OF ART MAYBE
CLASSIFIED INTO TWO
Primary context
Pertains to the artist: his/her attitudes, beliefs, interest,
and values; education and training; and biography
(including psychology)
Includes artists’ intentions and purposes for making his/her art.
Secondary Context
Address the external conditions in which the work was
produced: the apparent function of the work; religious and
philosophical convictions; socio-political and economic
structures; and even climate and geography.
FUNDAMENTAL
COMPONENTS OF ART
The source of all art is human imagination or creative thinking.
Appropriate
Abstract
Given a tools and
concept is
physical techniques
translated
form are applied
into
Idea or through the to the
something
concept imaginative materials to
physical
use of craft the
which can be
materials or desired form
experienced
media based on
by others
concept
Mere novelty is not enough the new thing
must have some relevance, or unlock some
new ways of thinking.
Creativity, the generation of new ideas,
insights, and previously unimagined images
and artifacts, is usually thought of as central
to the making of art.
THE VALUE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ARTWORK
BECOME AN ENGAGING SUBJECT OF EVALUATION,
SOCIAL DISCUSSION, AND CRITIQUE
Contemporary art or any artwork is made up of three
fundamental components and their corresponding processes of
analysis.
Fundamental Object of Analysis Process of Analysis
Components of Art
Form Technique Imagination
Language Meaning Interpretation
Mode of Production Political Economy Ideology
Fundamental Object of Analysis Process of Analysis
Components of Art
Form Technique Imagination
Language Meaning Interpretation
Mode of Production Political Economy Ideology
FORM
Allows the work to be perceived by the sense and its
ideas to be communicated through the arrangement of
elements as a whole
Formal Elements – Line, shape, color, texture, mass, volume,
space, among others
Overall Composition – arrangement of the formal elements
which refers to its size, proportion, and so on
Materials and Technique – which the artwork is made
Fundamental Object of Analysis Process of Analysis
Components of Art
Form Technique Imagination
Language Meaning Interpretation
Mode of Production Political Economy Ideology
Creativity and Imagination
one should look into the transformation of raw
materials beyond the application of mechanical technique.
Creativity – generation of new ideas, insights, and previously
unimagined images and artifacts, is usually thought of as the
central to making of art.
Imagination – allows us to generate mental pictures, ideas,
and sensations that do not exist in the world and in some
cases cannot exist.
Fundamental Object of Analysis Process of Analysis
Components of Art
Form Technique Imagination
Language Meaning Interpretation
Mode of Production Political Economy Ideology
Language
- a medium by which cultural meanings are formed
and communicated. It is the primary means by which we
form knowledge about ourselves and the social world
through the interpretation of meanings. Art as a language is
about meaning-making beyond textual and verbal means.
The language of art interprets reality and does not simply
reflect it like a mirror.
Fundamental Object of Analysis Process of Analysis
Components of Art
Form Technique Imagination
Language Meaning Interpretation
Mode of Production Political Economy Ideology
Language
Language is the content of the mass of ideas communicated
through the
a. image it creates
b. the icons and their symbolic meanings
c. the environment where it is used, displayed, or performed
d. the traditions, beliefs, and values of the culture that produced
it and utilizes it
e. writings and intellectual idea that help explain the work.
Fundamental Object of Analysis Process of Analysis
Components of Art
Form Technique Imagination
Language Meaning Interpretation
Mode of Production Political Economy Ideology
Interpretation
Concerned with the search for meaning. To interpret
is to establish meaningful connection between what we see
and what we feel in a particular work of art. We make sense
of our physical and emotional encounter with art pieces ad
not merely report what we saw. For every artwork there is a
concept of multiple interpretations.
Fundamental Object of Analysis Process of Analysis
Components of Art
Form Technique Imagination
Language Meaning Interpretation
Mode of Production Political Economy Ideology
Political Economy
Concerned with power and the distribution of
economic resources in the context of art production. We
have to be attentive to how this power works – how
government, religions, the school system, museums, and
galleries define for us the idea of art and speak on behalf of
works and name them as art.
Fundamental Object of Analysis Process of Analysis
Components of Art
Form Technique Imagination
Language Meaning Interpretation
Mode of Production Political Economy Ideology
Ideology
The ideological nature of art questions how images serves
the interest of some, but not all, individuals in society. This point
of view tries to establish a link between art and political processes
of domination.
The idea of using art to further ideologies and create an
image was heavily used during the Martial Law era. Art created
during the period was used to promote the ideals of the “New
Society” (bagong lipunan), and to create the ideal image of the
Filipino people.
Kulay Anyo ng Lahi – public art project launched in 1976
SOURCE: SINING REHIYON, C&E Publishing
