CONTEMPORARY

ART FORMS and

their PRACTICES
LORENZO RUIZ C. COSTO
Contemporary arts
come in different
forms: fine arts,
visual arts ,and
performing arts.
FINE ARTS direct on
contemporary
painting, sculpture,
and architecture.
 VISUAL ARTS focuses on
installation art as New Media
Art; Public Art, the Art In
Outdoor Space; Mixed
media, which combines
different art forms;
Photography and Digital
Works, the technology-aided
art.
PERFORMING ARTS
tackles the art of
Theatre and
Performance arts,
Dance and Music.
CONTEMPORARY
FINE ARTS
CONTEMPORA
RY PAINTING
LANDSCAPE PAINTING is the
most common among all
types of painting by genre.
These are painting of
outdoor scenes. Most of the
favorite subjects in this
type of painting are skies,
mountains, river and even
infrastructure like
buildings, houses and many
more that we usually see in
 ABSTRACT PAINTING is the
most difficult among paintings
for it demands a good
background in drawing for the
pre-planned concept of
painting, and an overflowing
passion in painting for this
type is used by most artist as
an avenue where they can
express their boundless
imagination. It let viewers to
thinks deeper and aloe them
 FIGURATIVE PAINTING
is a painting that
portrays pictures of
actual images as seen
in the real world. The
human images are
commonly used as
subject of this painting
throughout history up
 WATERCOLOR
PAINTING is one of the
most primitive types of
painting. It is familiarly
used by beginners or
by children in most of
their activities in
school. It is usually
mixed with water and
 OIL PAINTING is a great
means to achieve a more
convincing and realistic
artwork. It is done on a
canvas. Oil colors are made
by mixing color powder
with linseed oil to a stiff
paste consistency and
grinding it in a steel roller.
Linseed oil is also known
CONTEMPORA
RY
SCULPTURE
 MOLDING is an
additive process
where in
material like clay
is added to form
the desired
sculpture.
 CARVING is a subtractive
process in which materials
like wood, marble, stone or
other hard material is
removed or carved by
cutting or chipping away to
form an image. Glass
sculpture is viewed to be
unique and popular in the
country. Ramon Orlina is now
known as the “Father of
Philippine Glass Sculpture”.
CASTING is a technique used
to make the sculpture more
durable and transferrable
from one place to another
without any breaking. It is
made to last through
material like resin, a liquid
material that is usually
poured out to form a smooth
hard surface when dried,
that is used as coating for
holding of sculpture.
ASSEMBLING is the easiest
yet very creative technique
where in different
materials (found, recycled,
indigenous, etc.) gather
together to form a
sculpture. It is an additive
process that uses adhesive
or any material used for
adhesion to put together
all materials to form a
CONTEMPORA
RY
ARCHITECTUR
E
 ENVIRONMENT- FRIENDLY
ARCHITECTURE is a design
that promotes environmental
awareness through their
style. Example, the building of
Centrio Mall in Cagayan de
Oro City, instead of uprooting
the very big tree in the site,
what they did was, they make
the tree as their center piece
of their mall, they integrate
nature into the structure.
 CENTRIO MALL in
Cagayan de Oro City
 BIOMORPHIC
ARCHITECTURE is a
design that is
inspired by the
features of a living
thing such body
parts of animals and
human and even
CONTEMPORARY
VISUAL ARTS
INSTALLATION
ART
 INTERACTIVE
INSTALLATION art is an
installation that allows
viewers or spectators to
interact with the
installation piece.
Viewers are encouraged
to touch and give
comment to an artwork.
 CONCEPTUAL
INSTALLATION ART is an
installation that focuses
on the idea or concept.
The installation
exhibited objects and
events that will lead to
a concept that the artist
tried to show.
TECHNOLOGY-AIDED
INSTALLATION ART
is the use of
technology in an
installation art, like
the use of light,
sound and computer
 PERFORMANCE
INSTALLATION ART is an
installation for theatre
and dance which
includes careful
planning for the
execution of movement
of performers with the
placement of materials,
 ENVIRONMENTAL
INSTALLATION ART is an
installation that shows
environmental
concerns. Some artists
use this installation art
to address to natural
disasters and
calamities.
PUBLIC
ART
COMMEMORATIVE
MONUMENTS are
monuments of
people or group
of people who are
considered to be
heroes in history.
 MUNICIPAL ART is
usually sculptures
located in front of
government
establishment and
academic institutions to
instill nationalism and
serves as historical
landmark to Filipinos
 COMMUNITY-BASED ART
refers to the community-
based artistic activity with
the use of different
materials available in the
area and interaction of
people in the community
and the artist. This usually
based in deprive or remote
areas often used as
LAND ART are public
art that interact
with nature and the
environment.
 CAMPAIGN–
INSPIRED PUBLIC
ART promotes idea
by making the idea
visible to everyone.
It is usually set up
at places where
people are
 ARCHITECTURAL
ART are public art
usually seen on
malls or any
enclosed concrete
structures.
 DESIGN-BASED public
art is decorative and is
often placed in parks
and in outside
commercial centers. The
design usually
harmonizes with the
surroundings and
infrastructure around
MIXED MEDIA
ART
COLLAGE is a technique
when cut out materials,
cloth, string and many
others, are pasted on a
flat surface that turn
into a creative artwork.
 ASSEMBLAGE is a
technique of putting
objects together by
welding or adhesion in a
new concept.
PHOTOGRAPH
Y
 PHOTOGRAPHY AND
REALITY is a
photography that
depicts reality. Most of
its photographs depict
true happenings or
really exists in reality.
NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY
are photographs of
nature, landscape and
places we might not
encounter in our
lifetime.
PHOTOJOURNALISM is a
combination of
photography and
journalism. Pictures are
used to help the
readers, view what is
being narrated, like in
many newspapers and
magazines.
 PHOTOGRAPHIC
ALTERATION the use of
photographic devise to
alter or edit images and
add what is being
desired in just one
touch.
 MOBILE
PHOTOGRAPHY is
photographs taken by
a mobile phone.
CONTEMPORARY
PERFORMING
ARTS
THEATRE AND
PERFORMANCE
ARTS
 Performance Arts is an art
done live to convey message
in a limited time. There maybe
group of performers or just
one to perform on stage or on
streets that shows on in
acting, poetry, music, dance
and painting to covey a
campaign. Performance may
be scripted, just like theatre
or unscripted, spontaneous or
planned, with or without
Theatre Art is an art that requires
actors and actresses to connect to
the audience to let them
experience a real or imagined
event through combination of
gesture, speech, song, music and
dance, commonly done on stage
and are scripted. There are styles
that is commonly seen in
Philippine Theatre, and these are:
Realism, Combination of Realistic
and Non-realistic styles, The
Brechtian Style, Musical
Performances, Documentary
 Realism is a style that
shows actual situations
that Filipinos are in,
focuses on the problems
and the reaction to socio-
economic-political issues
encountered.
 Combination of Realistic
and Non-realistic styles is a
style that combines
realistic and non-realistic
style.
 The Brechtian style is a style
brought by German playwright,
Bertolt Brecht. He used devices to
tell the audience that it’s just a
theatre not true to life. It’s a style
that promotes audience’s
reflective detachment and not
emotional involvement.
 Musical Performances is a
theatre art that uses music
in expression of arts. The
issues of tempo, dynamics,
pitches and
instrumentation are on a
performer’s option.
 Documentary Style are
plays dealing with
historical events and life
story of a person.
 Short Plays are skits used
by starter before jumping
into something big. Usually
used by students and
teachers as an activity to
hook the interest of the
student in a new lesson.
CONTEMPORARY
DANCE
 Contemporary dance is a performing
art that involves body movement in
accord to the musical beat, for some
use it as an expression of thoughts and
feelings, releasing energy or simply
joining with the beat of music or into
dance movement itself. The
contemporary dance styles that have
been popular in the Philippines were
disco and hip hop.
Disco Dancing is a dance style
characterized by movement of
the hip and pelvic, some will
jump together with the raising
of arms to the beat of the disco
music. Its music is a
continuous mix of disco songs
operated by the Disc Jockey.
 Hip hop is a dance style that
includes breaking, locking and
popping. It is something made
just happened or “freestyle” or
spontaneous performance.
CONTEMPORARY
MUSIC
 Music is beyond words, it has the
power to speak through people’s mind,
heart and soul. It can affect the mood,
way of thinking and even character
and disposition of people listening to it.
Music composition is a little bit
complex for it involves mastery and
skill to produce a melody. Some
musician developed music through
experimentation and combination of
instruments.
 There are famous
contemporary OPM singers,
and they are Freddie
Aguilar, Gary Valenciano,
Mike Hanopol, Kuh
Ledesma and Sharon
Cuneta and many more.
 Freddie Aguilar was very
famous of his song “Anak”
that had been very popular
worldwide. The song is
about a son who goes
astray as he grows up.
Gary Valenciano is known
for his Michael Jackson
moves and religious songs.
 Sharon Cuneta is a very
well-known superstar and a
love song singer. She
received many awards in
music and in acting fields.
Mike Hanopol is a recording
artist, guitarist and a
singer. Some of his famous
songs were Katawan and
Laki Sa Layaw.
Kuh Ledesma is a famous
singer from Bacolod City.
Some of her famous songs
are Bulaklak; Till I Met You
and Sino ang Baliw.
THANK YOU FOR
LISTENING!