Contemporary - Context

Context

settings, conditions, circumstances and occurrences affecting production and reception or audience response to an artwork

Context

set of background information that enables us to formulate meanings about works of art and how context affects form

Artist's Background

age, gender, culture, economic conditions, social environment, and disposition affect art production

mode of production

encompasses the kind of materials accessible as well as the conditions surrounding labor

migration

provides a different set of material conditions and relations of production

weaving

passed from elder women to the younger generation

sculpture making

apprenticeship with a matecanan mandukit or master sculptor who maintains a workshop training youngs to make santos

Red Papier Mache Sculptures of Horses/Taka

Paete, Laguna shares mediums, techniques and styles

Sarimanok ng Bayan na Mapayapa

cultural identity; Tausug na Abdulamri Asia Imao integrated culture of Mindanao like the mythical sarimanok and okir designs

Cutting Onions Always Makes Me Cry

by Julie Lluch; a self-portrait presenting cooking (a role of women) believed to be oppressive and unpleasant (gender)

Alfredo Juan and Isabel Aquilizan

their experiences as Filipino migrant artists eking out a living in Australia and in other parts of the world, has been central to their body of works (migration)

Nature

a source of inspiration

kleng

- crab

gmayaw

- bird in fight

tofi

- frog

sawo

- snake skin

dances

- involves imitation of natural elements;

tinikling

- a local bird escaping the field traps set by farmers

ceramic

sourced from iron-rich clay; coarse clay is prepared by mixing with river sand and lead glaze to create black pottery

architecture

- resources for construction, environmental conditions like topography and climate; ex. Ivatan Houses of Batanes are built with stones and fango for its walls

Everyday Life

- traditional art has always been an integral part of daily life - significance: aesthetic appearance, functionality and value - private institutions: intimate and engages many senses simultaneously

Cavity

(graffiti); a group of young artists who does temporary yet arresting images in the streets of Cavite

Society, Politics and Economy, History

- artist's creative process is affected if not compromised by patronage such as the State or Church - to advance political agenda like the Marcos' regime

language

- assert creative agency, resist ideological structures, inspire people, initiate change

Photography

- became accessible by 1928 when Kodak set up a shop in the Philippines - alternative to painting - reproducible - inexpensive

Dalagang Bukid

(film) - directed by Nepomuceno in 1919 first play/film in the ph - integrating sound to movies were not developed back then, live music was synced with the moving image

Brown Brother's Burden

(visual art) - by NA Benedicto Cabrera the look of an old photography presenting an aspect of colonial history from gaze of the colonized

Appropriation

technique of transforming existing materials through the juxtaposition of elements taken from one context and placing these in another to present alternative meanings, structure and composition

Mode of Reception

- it's important where and how art is encountered - the museum's power lies in its ability to construct knowledge for us - affected by the level of exposure to art forms that may be unfamiliar or have startling or shocking images

Kulo by Mideo Cruz (2010)

featured a sculpture of Christ with provocative elements that shocked a vocal segment of the Filipino public

Gaston Damag's Bulul Appropriation

makes us rethink how cultural representations and methods of display shape our consciousness

Contemporary Art

- art produced by artists living today - can be academic at some point

Modern Art

- art produced between the american colonial period and the post-war period - traditional as compared to contemporary art

site specific

- art can't be experienced in the same way if removed from their original places of exhibit

process-based

- artists internalize within their practices the kind of processes associated with the production of traditional art

collaborative

- experience is immersive and interactive, such that the art is never complete without the audience's active input

interactive/integrative

- a mix of many different cultures and histories; is never fixed but open to many possibilities; uses a mix of contemporary, indigenous, islamic, popular and traditional art forms, media and content