Contemporary Philippine
Arts from the Region
Quarter 2 – Module 3: Materials
used in Philippine Contemporary
Art
What I Need to Know
Artworks is made from the different materials that is found in the environment. Each artist becomes
unique from other artist because of how they used and manipulate the materials they have chosen in
creating their art.
The materials used in creating the artwork is considered in choosing the technique or the manner the
artwork is to be made.
After going through this module, you are expected to:
1. Identify the contemporary technique in creating art
2. Compare traditional from contemporary in terms of technique and materials used.
3. Create an art piece using found objects.
Lesson
Contemporary Materials and
1 Techniques Used in Art
Contemporary art is often looked at with a skeptical eye. The truth about contemporary artis
that it uses techniques that most people aren’t quite used to, causing that skepticism to come into play.
However, these techniques are actually quite difficult, and all deserve our credit. It is an incredible
feat to create a piece of contemporary art, especially using these techniques. They challenge the mind
and offer unique perspectives in a way that art has never been able to do before. For that reason, they’re
some of the most valuable techniques that a person can experience through artwork.
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What’s New
Picture Study
Which picture shows Minimalism in Art.
Picture 1 Picture 2
What can you say about the materials and technique used in the work?
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What is It
As an artist, the contemporary art techniques and performance practices are just breaking the
conservative's rules.
"Contemporary art is the art of today", that could be the best definition. This kind of art
produced by artists who are living in 21st century.
Here are three techniques that are among the most relevant in contemporary art today
1. MINIMALISM
One of the artistic movements that has been most relevant throughout the contemporary art
movement is minimalism. Minimalism seeks to take away what is unnecessary and leaving only what
is essential.
Red Sky, 2007 Arturo Luz 5 Bottles, 1994
Arturo Luz
Arturo Luz is a Filipino modern artist best known for his minimalist, geometric, and abstract
styles of art and his animated paintings of circus performers and musicians as well as his
revered cityscape series
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2. FOUND OBJECTS
Taking something that people view as useless, and then using it in a unique way to make
artwork is one of the most important movements that currently exist in contemporary. The idea is that
things that we often view as junk are more valuable than we think that they are. Everything you find
can be used to tell a story, or to create new diverse perspectives that we are looking for when we
attend an art exhibition.
Small PaddleFish by Stephen Palmer
The technique of putting different objects together to create three-dimensional art is called
Assemblage. It is similar to collage, a two-dimensional medium.
Other example of Found Objects Art:
Conglomerate Seahorse Found Object Art
3. LARGE-SCALE ART
Walter De Maria created an art piece in 1977 that included a four hundred steel poles over
one mile by one kilometer. That is incredible. Creating something huge to express diverse
perspectives in artwork is incredibly popular, even today. Over the past forty years, largescale art, and
art that includes the environment has come into its own as one of the most important movements within
contemporary art. That is why you often see modern art pieces alongside buildings, or as huge
structures out in the open.
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“The 2000 Sculpture” (1992), by Walter De Maria, an example of his groupings of ordered elements using
precise measurements. Credits: Museum Associates/LACMA
Pacita Abad working the Alkaff Bridge bridge in Singapore.
On October 5, 1946, Pacita Abad, a trapunto painter, a global Filipino artist, who described herself as a
painter who paints "from the guts" was born in Basco, Batanes to politically active parents, Jorge Abad
and Aurora Barsana.
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What’s More
Activity 1: Compare traditional from contemporary in terms of technique and materials used.
Technique Materials
Traditional
Art
Contemporary
Art
Activity 2: Paste a picture of an example of art using Contemporary Technique. Describe how the
artist use the materials and technique in his/her artwork.
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What I Have Learned
Short Quiz
Part 1: Identify what is being described in the statements
1. A contemporary technique in art that uses junk materials in art production
2. He is a Filipino artist who is fond of using geometrical shapes in his artworks
3. A technique in art that take away unimportant elements in leaving only what is essential
4. A technique of putting found objects together to create a new composition or art
5. The technique that uses big spaces and environment as a venue of art creation.
Part 2: Identify what contemporary technique was used in the following arts.
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