Mod 1: The Contemporary Arts Flashcards
(24 cards)
- It is the art that springs out of the present-day events and passions of the society (Perez, 2016).
- It is a statement that an artists makes about life, thoughts, ideas, beliefs, and many other things that define human life (Ramirez, 2016).
Contemporary art
What are the characteristics of Contemporary art?
- It is not confined in the museum.
- It practices in a different way of selling art works.
- Many contemporary artists are self-taught and did not have formal education.
- It has a variety of materials or medium to choose from.
- Its artists sometimes employ the help of fabricators, carpenters, electricians, or welders in “constructing” artworks.
- Originality is not an issue in this type of art.
- It is the process, rather than sale, which is essential in contemporary art-making.
A ____ is any person, animal, thing, or issue that is described or represented in a work. It usually generates the question, “What is it?”
Subject
- It is not confined to representations of human figures and landscapes
- If an artwork is an experiment or technique, the ____ is the technique itself.
Subject Matter
The viewer has to engage thinking and exploring the meaning of the art work.
Conceptual arts
Art Styles
It is a painting style in which the artist applies paint in a manner that expresses emotions and feelings in a spontaneous way (ex. Jose Jaya “Dimension of Fear”).
Abstract expressionism
Art Styles
It is a sculpture that moves with the wind or with the help of a machine or electricity (ex. David Medalla “Bubble Machine”).
Kinetic art
Art Styles
It uses lines or images repeatedly to create an optical illusion (ex. Constancio Bernardo “Perpertual Motion”).
Op art
Art Styles
It consists of a variety of media and human body to execute an artistic theatrical expression before a live audience.
Performance art
Art Styles
It involves artistic creation and manipulation of space such as landscape or architectural design that may enclose its audience (ex. Roberto Villanueva “Cordillera Labyrinth” (1989)).
Environment art
Art Styles
It tackles issues of identity, sexuality, gender roles, equality, and the ways in which the female is treated in society (ex. Pacita Abad “Filipina: A Racial Identity Crisis” (1991)).
Feminist art
Art Styles
It shows a stripped-down, pre-fabricated look, free of details, and often with flat surface but expresses a specific content or statement (ex. Mario Yrisarry “Precints” (1965)).
Minimalism
Art Styles
It consists of images that are recorded through a video and viewed through television, computer, or projection screen (ex. Mark Salvatus “Haiku” (2012)).
Video art
Art Styles
It is a drawing, inscription or sketch done hastily on a wall or other surface made to be seen by the public
Graffiti art
Art Styles
It carries modern styles to extreme practices, often expressing an idea through a mix of materials such as found objects welded together (ex. Ian Quirante “Faith and Devotion 1”).
Postmodern art
Art Styles
- It is an art form that uses body as the medium or main material.
- It can be painted or clothed and used to perform artistic act in public. Tattooing and piercing are also examples.
- (ex. Apo Whang-od doing “pambabatok”).
Body art
Art Styles
It is done with the aid of computer to create an image or design composed of bits and bytes. The images can be printed on paper, tarpaulin, or other mediums.
Digital art
Types of Techniques in Comtemporary Arts
A piece of art made by sticking various materials such as photographs and pieces of paper or fabric onto a backing.
Collage
Types of Techniques in Comtemporary Arts
The art or process of transferring pictures and designs from specifically prepared paper (as to glass).
Decalcomania
Types of Techniques in Comtemporary Arts
The technique of creating a design by rubbing (as with a pencil) over an object placed underneath the paper
Frottage
Types of Techniques in Comtemporary Arts
The art of decorating surfaces by applying cutouts (as of paper) and then coating with usually several layers of finish (such as lacquer or varnish).
Decoupage
Types of Techniques in Comtemporary Arts
A decorative quilted design in high relief worked through at least two (2) layers of cloth by outlining the design in running stitch and padding it from the underside.
Trapunto
Types of Techniques in Comtemporary Arts
Any application software that can be used by a computer, mobile device, or tablet to make and/or display a work of art.
Digital applications
Types of Techniques in Comtemporary Arts
The production of a rapid succession of images in a motion picture to illustrate an association of ideas.
Montage
