SUBJECT MATTER & STYLE

Visual Analysis:Look at the

Pictures below.
 SFUMATO
• This painterly
technique involves
the smooth, almost
imperceptible,
transition from one
colour to another,
by means of ultra-
subtle tonal
gradations.
 Contemporary
Art

Abstract expressionism is a
painting style in which the artist
applies Paint in a manner that
expresses emotions and feelings
in a spontaneous way. The figures
may be heavy in lines and color
without solid mass.
 Contemporary
Art

• Kinetic art is a sculpture that

moves with the wind or is
powered by a machine or
electricity.

• Uses lines or images

repeatedly to créate an
optical illussion.
 Contemporary
Art

Combines a variety of media

and the human body to
execute an artistic theatrical
expression before a live
audience.
 Contemporary
Art

Environmental art involves the artistic creation

or manipulation of space such as landscape,
or architectural design that may enclose its
audience. Earthworks or art using stones,
leaves trees, grass, or other natural elements.
 Contemporary
Art

Feminist art emerged

from concerns of female
artists expressed through
art. They tackle issues
of identity, sexuality,
gender roles, equality,
and the ways in which
the female is treated in
society among others.
 Contemporary
Art

HAD AS STRIPED-
DOWN, PRE-
FABRICATED LOOK,
FREE OF DETAILS AND
OFTEN WITH FLAT
SURFACE BUT
EXPRESSES A
SPECIFIC CONTENT
OR STATEMENT.
 Contemporary
Art

Consists of images that

are recorded through a
video and viewed through
televisión, computer, or
projection screen.

Graffiti is a drawing,
inscription or sketch done
hastily on a Wall or other
surface made to be seen by
the public.
 Contemporary
Art
Carries modern styles
to extreme practices,
often expressing an
idea through mix of
materials such as found
objects welded together.

It is an art form that uses the

body as the médium or main
material. It can be painted or
clothed and used to perform
artistic act in public.
• It is done with the aid of computer to
create an image or design composed of
bits and bytes. The image can be printed
on paper, tarpaulin, or other mediums.
Reflect on the video
 For Discussion
• Choose two major styles in contemporary
art and differentiate them from each other.

• How is interactive art making done in

contemporary art? Give an example
 SKILLS, TECHNIQUES,
and PRODUCTION IN
CONTEMPORARY ART
Many contemporary artists don not have formal studies
in the fine arts but are self taught. They explore the
materials in hardware stores, experiment with chemical
reactions on their base material.
OIL PAINTING
• http://www.artinstru
ctionblog.com/still-
life-oil-painting-
demonstration
Different techniques:
COLLAGE is made DECALCOMANIA is
by adhering flat the process of
elements such as applying gouache to
newspaper or paper or glass then
magazine cut-outs, transferring a
printed text, reversal of that
illustrations, image onto canvass
photographs, cloth or other flat
string, etc. to a flat materials.
surface
DECOUPAGE is FROTTAGE is the
done adhearing technique of
cut-outs of paper rubbing with crayon
and then coating on a piece of paper
these with one or which has been
more coats or placed over an
transparent coating object or an image.
of varnish.
• MONTAGE is
used for
photography or
film where a
pictorial image is
juxtaposed or
place overlapping
to make another
picture or design.
• TRAPUNTO painting is the technique used
by Pacita Abad where her canvases are
padded, sewn, and often filled with sequins,
beads, shells, buttons, tiny mirrors, bits of
glass, rickrack, swatches of precious textiles
and other things that she picks up from her
travels and journeys.
 DIGITAL ART
• DIGITAL APPLICATIONS
for art viewing is another
technique. An example
was made possible by the
Samsung Supports the
Arts FACETS based at
Yuchengco Museum.
 SUMMARY
• SUBJECT • MATERIAL IS
MATTER IS WHAT WHAT THE
YOU SEE THAT IS ARTWORK IS
DEPICTED IN THE MADE OF
ARTWORK.

• ART ELEMENTS AND PRINCIPLES

REFER TO PHYSICAL QUALITIES OF
THE IMAGE.
 Dance Interpretation
Acrylic on canvas, 2007
121 x 270 cm, Private Collection
BenCab’s 2007 masterpiece,
 ART APPRECIATION

• Analyze the method of description of contemporary

artwork’s subject matter, medium and form.
• Apply description on a sample contemporary artwork.
ART APPRECIATION

• What kind of artwork?

• What is the main figure in
the artwork?
• What material/s is/are
used?
ART APPRECIATION

• What kind of artwork?

• What is the main figure in
the artwork?
• What material/s is/are
used?
Sam Penaso, Metalscape
Sam Penaso is a
painter sculptor, and a
performance artist. He
is a native of Bohol.
Sam embodies the
multi-media, cross-
disciplinary character
of Philippine
contemporary art.
 METALSCAPE
It is an abstraction using metal.
MANO PO
SARIMANOK
 Juan Alcazaren,
FLORA AND FAUNA
 Plet Bolipata
CAT DOLLS
The subject combines human figure
and cat head. The artist constructed a
human skeleton made of wires and
covered it with textile. The cat head is
made of resin.
 BROCHURE MAKING
MATERIALS: The Philippine
• SPECIAL PAPER Contemporary Art
• OSLO PAPER
• BRADS
• CUTTING PAD
• CUTTER
• PENCIL, PEN/COLORED PEN
• DOUBLE SIDED TAPE
• GLUE