Contemporary Art Flashcards
Different Forms of Arts
VPLMCCD
Visual
Performing
Literature
Media
Culinary
Contemporary
Decorative
Wide array of artistic disciplines that are
appreciated primarily through sight.
Visual Arts
Forms of Visual Art
FDPC
Fine
Decorative
Performance
Contemporary
was first used to
describe the art forms created primarily
for its appearance rather than practical
use.
Fine Arts
o includes artworks which were
produced from emerging technology and
artistic innovations
Fine Arts
Primarily concerned with beauty and
aesthetics
Fine Arts
Examples of Fine Arts
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- Drawing
- Painting
- Sculpture
- Graphic art
- Calligraphy
- Architecture
Artworks that are aesthetically pleasing
and functional
Decorative Arts
Examples of Decorative Arts
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- Textile Arts
- Glassware
- Jewelry
- Furniture
- Earthenware
- Metal craft
- Interior Design
artistic design of the Maranaos of Lanao
Okir (motif)
Involve the use of voices and/or body
movements to communicate artistic
expression and are enacted in front of a
live audience
Performing Arts
Categories/Forms of Performing Arts
- Music
- Dance
- Theater
– Manipulation of
sounds
– The use of
instruments, vocal
techniques and
styles
– Can be recorded
or performed live
Music
Common Genres of Music
APT
Art
Popular
Traditional
Western
Classical
Music
Art Music
Accessible and
commercially
available to the
public
Popular Music
- Musical forms
that are
community and
culturallybased - Passed from
one generation
to the next
through oral
communication
or actual
performance
Traditional Music
– Regulated and
deliberated order
of body
movements which
have aesthetic
value and are
often performed
accompanied with
music
Dance
Forms/Styles of Dance
BBBIHMCT
– Ballet
– Belly Dance
– Break Dance
– Improvisational
dance
– Hip-hop dance
– Modern dance
– Contemporary dance
– Traditional dance
– Often involves the
integration and
combination of the
visual and performing
arts
– A fine art where
actors perform
experiences real or
imagined in front of a
live audience
Theater/Play
Forms of Theater/Play
MPTOMT
– Mime
– Puppetry
– Tragedy
– Opera
– Musical theater
– Traditional theater
- New and unusual art form
- Recently conceived art styles and
techniques - Artworks that are produced in our
present lifetime which can be produced
using the traditional forms or new art
techniques - Art produced by artists living today
- Art of the present which is
continuously in process and in flux
Contemporary Art
- ≠ “Modern Art” or “Traditional Art”
Contemporary Art
General Characteristics of
Contemporary Art
SPCI
Site-specific
Process-oriented
Collaborative
Interactive
- They cannot be experienced in the same
way if removed from their original place
of exhibit - Usually focused on local culture,
customs and traditions
Site-specific
- Paintings of
Ibn Saud
Salipyasin
Ahmad, a
local artist
from
Zamboanga
Sibugay
Site-specific
- Contemporary arts
integrate various
medium and art
forms - Less emphasis on
the finished product
and a single creator
Process-oriented
- Contemporary
artists often work
with other artists in
creating artworks
Collaborative
- The ‘audience’ has
active input in the
completion of the
art
Interactive
Forms of Contemporary Art
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Collage
Assemblage
Mobile
Performance Art
Installation Art
Land Art
Digital Art
Conceptual Art
- Method of combining
printed images with other
flat media and pasted on
a canvas or board - First came about in the
earl 1900s as part of the
experimentation of
Picasso and Braque
Collage
- Used by French artist
Jean Dubuffet in 1052 to
describe a series of
artworks made from
paper collages, wood
scraps and other found
objects. - It blurs the line between
painting and sculpture
Assemblage
- Pioneered by American
artist Alexander CalderIt
is a sculptural work that
is suspended from the
ceiling or a protruding
base
Mobile
- It is typically made with a
number of balancing
rods dangling in different
lengths carrying one or
more elements - Example of kinetic
sculpture which moves
due to its interaction
with the wind
Mobile
- Music and sound are often
incorporated in the
performance - Words and dialogues are not
given as much focus
compared to the movement - Can be done spontaneously
or rehearsed - Can be simple or large scale
event
Performance Art
- Mix of visual and
performing arts - The medium used in
performance art is the
artist himself and the
artwork is the acting and
the movement of the
artist. - Done in front of an
audience
Performance Art
- It involves the
arrangement of objects
in a given space. - It is associated with the
conceptual art and the
Dada Movement - It is intentionally
designed to be
experienced as a
temporary work of art.
Installation Art
- It incorporates different
materials that may
include traditional
sculptural materials (e.g.
wood, metal etc.) and
technology based
medium (e.g. light, sound,
videos etc.)
Installation Art
- Takes into
consideration the
viewers of the art
and allows them to
move around the
work and immerse
themselves within
the art making their
audience and their
reactions part of
the artwork
Installation Art
- Earth art
- It s art that is made
directly in the landscape,
sculpting the land itself
into earthworks or
making structures in the
landscape using natural
materials such as rocks
or twigs
Land Art
- Computer art
- Multimedia art
- It is an artistic work or
practice that uses
digital technology as
part of the creative or
presentation process
Digital Art
- Conceptualism
- It is art in which the
concept(s) or idea(s)
involved in the work take
precedence over
traditional aesthetic,
technical, and material
concerns.
Conceptual Art
Elements of Contemporary Art
APSHT
Appropriation
Performance
Space
Hybridity
Technology
- Artworks are
“[ANSWER]” to produce
another art form - By [ANSWER], the
contemporary artist
revives interest to
existing forms of art - Ex. Painting on a
tshirt
Appropriation
- Has evolved to emphasize spontaneous,
unpredictable elements of chance
Performance
have tried to
interpret various
human activities to
socially relevant
themes such as
poverty,
commercialism and
war
Performance Artists
- Art forms which
are performed
and positioned in
specific spots
and site-specific
especially in
public places
Space
- The mixing of unlikely materials to produce an
artwork
Hybridity
- The use of
technology in
the creation
and
dissemination
of works of art
Technology
