ENG S212: Lesson 9 - Contemporary Painting

Painting

the process of using paint, in a picture, as protective coating, or as decoration.

Pastel

require a different approach to painting.

Contemporary Painting

they are artworks produced during the late 20th and early 21st Centuries.

Contemporary Painting

it defines art produced after the Modern Art movement to the present day.

Contemporary Painting

made in many styles at one time throughout the globe

Art Production

every art is dictated by the artist's style.

Style

has many meanings

Style

it can mean the art produced in a particular history period or the art of a nation or region within a country.

Style

can be a certain technical approach to the making of art.

Style

it's necessary to sort artworks based on common traits or qualities and it can also be thought of as groups.

Style

it may be discerned not only by how it looks but also based on the quality of the painting.

Evolution of Style

the growth of the artist's way of working

Stylistic Tendencies

it can be manifested in artwork.

- Objective Accuracy

- Formal Order

- Emotion

- Fantasy

4 Styles of Stylistic Tendencies

The Artist as Detached Observer

detached observer or by employing selective eye.

The Artists as Selective Eye

the illusion of reality created by elimination of details that the eye might see.

Devices for Objective Accuracy

the size and shape of relationships. Correct Drawing is the most common device. He/She must learn to distinguish between imitation of surfaces and informed representation.

Devices for Objective Accuracy

The artist's control and handling of illumination helps in creating realistic images.

Focus

achieved through sharpness or softness, distinctness or vagueness of form and contour.

Color

a powerful instrument, that's mainly connected with the description of the objects.

Perspective

the pictorial device that relates to the artist's ability to create an illusion of deep space within the painting.

Formal Order

associated with stability and permanence

- Intellectual Order

- Biomorphic Order

- Aesthetic Order

3 Kinds of Qualities Exhibited by Formal Order

Biomorphic and Aesthetic Order

these two are more applicable to sculpture and architecture.

Intellectual Order

it's applied to painting and this style is visible in cubism as it uses geometric forms, where it analyzes the forms employed by the painter.

- Pablo Picasso

- Georges Braque

- Vicente Manansala

Painters that uses Intellectual Order

Emotion

feeling and romance are a common feature in these kinds of painting.

Emotion

Romanticism is also used in these paintings when the artist wishes to disclose personal feelings in relation to love and so on.

Fantasy

artists discover a variety of possibilities of achieving form and visual effects.

Fantasy

this originated in both logical and irrational mental processes, where it presents no common set of visual qualities.

Fantasy

this may be objectively accurate or subjectively distorted.

Fantasy

It can vary to being surrealistic, mechanical-biological, quasi-cubist, or reassembling parts of automobile to create context or meaning

Illusionism

used to create fantastic images or substitute for real objects.

Stylistic Changes

it's attributed to the creative inventions or artists working at certain times and specific places.

Pacita Abad

Born in Batanes and leaned art-making in New York, USA

Pacita Abad

While in Boston in early 1980s, she discovered Trapunto painting

Pacita Abad

in 1983, made more than 110 Wayang paintings in Indonesia.

Pacita Abad

Then traveled to Papua New Guinea to make 15 large masks in tribal colors. And combined the trapunto technique with local cowry shells, feathers, bones, and vegetable dyed colors.

Trapunto

technique in stitching and stuffing painted canvas to give a 3D sculptural effect.

Brenda Fajardo

her style is in tarot cards series through which she takes local historic and mythical stories and renders them in paintings of contemporary socio political relevance.

Promotes Stress Relief

Benefits of Painting

it's an emotional release like painting allows a person's mind to relax and let go of all the problems that contribute to a high stress level.

Expands Creative Growth

Benefits of Painting

painting comes more naturally to artistic, right-brain people, but more analytical left-brainers can stimulate and nurture their creative growth by practicing painting as well

Bolsters Memory

Benefits of Painting

Painting sharpens the mind through conceptual visualization, implementation and boosts memory skills.

Enhances Problem-Solving

Benefits of Painting

artists think conceptually to bring multiple solutions to life when painting, they are using critical thinking skills.

Cultivates Emotional Growth

Benefits of Painting

artists pour out their emotions through their artwork, they can also evaluate and understand factors that contribute to varying moods

Stimulates an Optimistic Attitude

Benefits of Painting

Painting provides a relaxing, open environment where artists feel safe to explore their own creativity and encourages a more optimistic approach to life.