SOCIAL SCIENCE 1 Flashcards
What Latin word means “work of art; practical skill; a business, craft.”?
artem
Art is ?
Art is everywhere –from the simplest design objects we
use, to the spaces and structures we inhabit.
- Art enriches our lives with meanings that we often
overlook. - Art responds to our human desire to experience
beauty and explore the unknown. - We shape art. Art shapes our being and makes us
human.
What is Contemporary Art?
Contemporary Art refers to art being created NOW.
“Contemporary” is derived from the Latin prefix ___, which
means “together” or “with,” plus _______, which means “time.”
con - together/with
tempus - time
2 main applications of this term in the discourse of art. (1990s)
CHRONOLOGICAL – defines contemporary art as art related to this current period in art
history, and an art that is new, recent, modern, or pertains to the present moment.
▪ HISTORICAL – regards contemporary art as a specific episode or stage in the story of
evolution of art, referring to a specific location in space and time.
What is Chronological? in Contemporary Art.
CHRONOLOGICAL – defines contemporary art as art related to this current period in art
history, and an art that is new, recent, modern, or pertains to the present moment.
What is Historical? in Contemporary Art.
HISTORICAL – regards contemporary art as a specific episode or stage in the story of
evolution of art, referring to a specific location in space and time.
emerged in the Philippines in reaction to social and cultural realities during the 1970s, the period of repression and censorship of artistic expressions by the power of former President Ferdinand Marcos through the imposition of Martial law.
Contemporary art
became a means to oppose the regime and the political art of social realism flourished at this time
Art
an art movement which sought to expose the real condition of
Philippine society and used art to transform it.
Social realism
The 3 factors why contemporary art emerged in the Philippines
- the return of democracy under the Aquino government;
- the improved economic and political government in the country, particularly in the
regions; and - the advent of new technologies and free access to media
Contemporary art can be seen as a transgression of established norm and rules, and the rejection of established institutions, traditions, and history. It emphasizes the new modern, and progressive.
Contemporary Art as a Breaking of Norms
an important preoccupation in the world of contemporary art.
It is 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.
Appropriation
Santiago Bose’s Carnivore of Session Road
Contemporary Art as a Breaking of Norms
Contemporary professes an awareness of local heritage. Heritage is something that can be passed from one generation to the next, can be conserved or inherited, and has historic or cultural value.
These are physical objects and places of heritage (old buildings, paintings, public art,
etc.) and the various practices of heritage (oral traditions, dance, fiestas, etc.) unique to the region or locality that are conserved or handed down from one generation to the next.
Contemporary Art and Local Heritage
something that can be passed from one generation to the next, can be conserved or inherited, and has historic or cultural value.
Heritage
Teatro Porvenir, Bohol courtesy of Lutgardo
Abad and Dulang Sining
Mandala Art Festival , Bulacan
Contemporary Art and Local Heritage
