Contemporary Philippine Arts From The Regions 10

Art Criticism:

Description – Analysis – Interpretation – Evaluation

Describing an Art
Region 6 CAPIZ.
PIERRE PATRICIO
2013
YOLANDA
ACRYLIC ON CONCRETE
212X117
The Subject Matter
• what is the main figure in the
artwork?
• How do the other figures in
the artwork relate to the main
figure?
The main figure is a female face
surrounded by things found in
the environment: fish and
leaves, water and air. The artist
combined these with the
legendary ‘sarimanok’ and wind,
as suggested by the wavy
colored shapes. The figure does
not represent man amidst
nature. Rather, it is mother
nature amidst God’s creation.
The Materials
• What are the materials or
medium used by the artist?
• Does this medium bring out
the intended effect of the
artists?
The used acrylic paints on
concrete, textured wall. The
concrete wall gives the painting
good rough texture that best
expresses the tragedy and
destruction that typhoon
Yolanda brought the southern
part of the Philippines. If the
artist used a smooth canvas, the
message would not have come
across effectively.
The Art elements
• What are the dominant elements in the artwork?
• How are these used in the artwork?
• How does the artist use line to define shape and
volume?
• What are the unifying features in the composition?
• What variations appear among repeated elements?
Curve line dominate the painting that has different hues of the
primary colors: red, yellow, and blue. Blue connects the different
elements around the human face with eyes closed as if in fear to
witness the disturbance brought by nature. The leaves, fowl feathers
and leaves surround the face like hair. Above the living creatures that
occupy the middle through the bottom part of the painting is a dying
tree that brings the blue hue to meet with the brown brickwall. The
objects are unified by the curve lines that flow from top to bottom of
the frame. The strong orange moon near the sarimanok breaks the
monotony of blue.
Art Analysis
Art analysis starts with a description
of an artwork.

Focuses on beauty, design qualities

and the value of an artwork.
The various elements that constitute analysis are:
• Determination of subject matter

through naming events or issues
associated with the artwork.
• Discussion of how the qualities of the
artwork contribute to its appearance,
image or function.
• Your reaction to the artwork.
You can also answer the following questions:
1. Use the vocabulary you learned in class.
2. How are the elements of art (color, shape,
line, texture, space, form, value) and the
principles of design (balance, harmony,
emphasis, movement/rhythm, unity, variety)
used in this artwork?
3. Do you see any relationship to the things you
listed during the description stage?
Art criticism:
Analysis
Region 6 CAPIZ.
PIERRE PATRICIO
2013
YOLANDA
ACRYLIC ON CONCRETE
212X117
Typhoon Yolanda, known
internationally as ‘Haiyan,’ was
one of the strongest tropical
cyclone and the strongest storm
recorded at landfall ever
recorded. It devastated the
southern part of the Philippines
on November 7, 2013. it left
6,300 people dead and caused
catastrophic destruction in the
Visayas, particularly in Samar,
Leyte, Cebu, Capiz, Negros, and
Iloilo, affecting 11 million
people, most of them homeless
after the storm.
This tragedy has inspired artists
to use their art to express pain
and suffering. Capiz artist,
Pierre Patricio is one of them.
The figure in his painting is a
symbol of mother nature that
appears calm and harmless but
destructive when her power is
unleashed. Other elements in
the painting, such as the
legendary sarimanok and
arowanas are used to symbolize
the strength to survive. The
flowing curve lines gently
connect all the elements of
nature that are under threat,
which is symbolized by the dead
tree.
The artist combined forms in
abstraction, with the curve lines
that move from bottom to the
topmost area of the frame as
the unifying element. This is
characteristic of Pierre Patricio’s
style, where the elements of
design are intellectually
interpreted through analysis of
forms, making them
transparent as they overlap.
This style observes the formal
intellectual order.
interpretation
Interpretation
An interpretation explains what
you have already observed and
analyzed.
Develop a good guess about the

meaning of the work.
Interpretation
•What is the artist trying to say in this work and what
makes you think that?
•Why did the artist create the work?
•What do you think is the meaning and why?
•Do you think there are things in this work of art that
represent other things –symbols? What are those
things and what do they symbolize?
interpretation
The painting is about the power
of mother nature. It can be
beautiful, as well as cruel. It can
give life as well as take it. this is
seen in the colorful plants, fish
and sarimanok, in contrast to the
dead tree placed on the top part
of the painting. This painting
serves as a reminder of man’s
weakness compared to the
strength of mother nature.
interpretation
He employed a selective eye
and focused on elements that
the eye should see to be able to
reflect in the tragic effects of
the super typhoon. Although
he contrasted living creatures
with the dead tree that may
connote hopelessness, the color
that occupies most of the
vertical frame symbolizes life
and hope.
Evaluation
Use complete sentences to make a judgment about
the work’s worth based on the information you have
gathered about the work.
Evaluation
Use complete sentences to make a judgment about
Judging art is always a matter of
the work’s worth based on the information you have
gathered about the work.
being fair and logical.
Guide Questions:
What do I think about this work and why?
Do I like or dislike this work and why?
How do I feel about whether the artist was successful
in conveying an idea or feeling through the art and
why?
Do you think it is an important work of art and why or
why not?
Would you display this work in your home or is it
good enough to put in a museum? Why or why not”
Evaluation
It is a good artwork in the sense that it made

creative use of the elements of painting and
principles of organization. It has elements with
symbolism that the Filipinos recognize. Beyond
form, its content pierces into the heart of the
Filipinos who have been victims of the
catastrophe and who have lost their loved ones
and property in just one day.

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What is the subject matter of the artwork?

What materials did the artist use and how do they impact the message?

Art Criticism:

Description – Analysis – Interpretation – Evaluation

Focuses on beauty, design qualities

• Determination of subject matter

Develop a good guess about the

•Why did the artist create the work?

•What do you think is the meaning and why?

It is a good artwork in the sense that it made

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