CPAR-As 3 - Second Quarter

Parang High School

Tandang Sora St., Parang, Marikina City

Contemporary Philippine
Arts from the Region

Contemporary Materials and Techniques

used in Philippine Art
Quarter 2 – Activity Sheet 3

What I Need to Know
Artworks is made from the different materials that is found in the environment. Each artist becomes
unique from other artist because of how they used and manipulate the materials they have chosen in
creating their art.
The materials used in creating the artwork is considered in choosing the technique or the manner the
artwork is to be made.
After going through this module, you are expected to:

1. Identify the contemporary technique in creating art
2. Compare traditional from contemporary in terms of technique and materials used.
3. Create an art piece using found objects.
Lesson
Contemporary Materials and
1 Techniques Used in Art
Contemporary art is often looked at with a skeptical eye. The truth about contemporary artist
that it uses techniques that most people aren’t quite used to, causing that skepticism to come into play.
However, these techniques are actually quite difficult, and all deserve our credit. It is an incredible feat
to create a piece of contemporary art, especially using these techniques. They challenge the mind and
offer unique perspectives in a way that art has never been able to do before. For that reason, they’re some
of the most valuable techniques that a person can experience through artwork.
What’s New
Picture Study
Which picture shows Minimalism in Art.
Picture 1
Picture 2
What can you say about the materials and technique used in the work?
What is It
As an artist, the contemporary art techniques and performance practices are just breaking the
conservative's rules.
"Contemporary art is the art of today", that could be the best definition. This kind of art
produced by artists who are living in 21st century.
Here are three techniques that are among the most relevant in contemporary art today
1. MINIMALISM
One of the artistic movements that has been most relevant throughout the contemporary art
movement is minimalism. Minimalism seeks to take away what is unnecessary and leaving only what
is essential.
Red Sky, 2007 5 Bottles, 1994

Arturo Luz Arturo Luz
Arturo Luz is a Filipino modern artist best known for his minimalist, geometric, and abstract
styles of art and his animated paintings of circus performers and musicians as well as his revered
cityscape series
2. FOUND OBJECTS
Taking something that people view as useless, and then using it in a unique
way to make artwork is one of the most important movements that currently exist in
contemporary. The idea is that things that we often view as junk are more valuable
than we think that they are. Everything you find can be used to tell a story, or to create
new diverse perspectives that we are looking for when we attend an art exhibition.
Small PaddleFish by Stephen Palmer
The technique of putting different objects together to create three-dimensional

art is called Assemblage. It is similar to collage, a two-dimensional medium.
Other example of Found Objects Art:
Conglomerate Seahorse Found Object Art
3. LARGE-SCALE ART
Walter De Maria created an art piece in 1977 that included a four hundred
steel poles over one mile by one kilometer. That is incredible. Creating something
huge to express diverse perspectives in artwork is incredibly popular, even today.
Over the past forty years, largescale art, and art that includes the environment has
come into its own as one of the most important movements within contemporary art.
That is why you often see modern art pieces alongside buildings, or as huge structures
out in the open.
“The 2000 Sculpture” (1992), by Walter De Maria, an example of his groupings of ordered
elements using precise measurements. Credits: Museum Associates/LACMA
Pacita Abad working the Alkaff Bridge bridge in Singapore.
On October 5, 1946, Pacita Abad, a trapunto painter, a global Filipino artist, who
described herself as a painter who paints "from the guts" was born in Basco, Batanes
to politically active parents, Jorge Abad and Aurora Barsana.
What’s More
Activity 1: Compare traditional from contemporary in terms of technique and

materials used.
Technique Material
s
Traditional
Art
Contemporary
Art
Activity 2: Paste a picture of an example of art using Contemporary Technique.

Describe how the artist use the materials and technique in his/her artwork.
What I Have Learned
Short Quiz
Part 1: Identify what is being described in the statements
1. A contemporary technique in art that uses junk

materials in art production
2. He is a Filipino artist who is fond of using
geometrical shapes in his artworks
3. A technique in art that take away unimportant
elements in leaving only what is essential
4. A technique of putting found objects together to
create a new composition or art
5. The technique that uses big spaces and
environment as a venue of art creation.
Part 2: Identify what contemporary technique were used in the
following arts.
1.
2.
3.
What I Can Do
Found Object Art

Create a two-dimensional artwork with the use of any objects found in your
house. Three-dimensional artwork can be done by attaching or gluing different
objects to create one art piece.
3 Simple Tips for Making Collage using Found Objects

• Prepare your materials: found objects, adhesive, cutting tools
• Choose the best material for backing, it is the support that will hold your materials
together, e.g. cardboard, paper, wood
• Plan your composition or design before gluing it.
Rubrics to be used in grading your Found Object Art

Additional Activities
Have a visit in a virtual museum (or actual museum if possible) Look for some
artworks that uses contemporary materials and technique. Write a short
description of the art and indicate why the artwork become interesting.
References
Articles:
https://www.scribd.com/document/373704066/Traditional-Techniques-Applied-
to-Contemporary-Creation
Images:
https://www.insider.com/minimalist-lifestyle-can-optimize-creativity-2019-2
https://www.youramazingplaces.com/victorian-house-style-an-architectural-and-
interior-design/
http://www.artnet.com/artists/arturo-luz/
https://events.umich.edu/event/27187
https://www.pinterest.ph/pin/118712140160226500/
https://www.tes.com/lessons/-ppr2eWglEcYOA/found-
art-ii
https://art-sheep.com/art-sheep-features-the-large-scale-sculptures-of-jaume-
plensa/
https://journal.projectnord.com/blog/the-minimalist-art-movement-a-time-warp-
to-1960s-new-york
https://www.demilked.com/found-object-mashups-still-life-food-art-martin-roller/
Rubric
https://moshej.edublogs.org/files/2011/04/Collage-Rubric-2cfq0em.pdf

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Parang High School

Tandang Sora St., Parang, Marikina City

Contemporary Materials and Techniques

Quarter 2 – Activity Sheet 3

After going through this module, you are expected to:

Red Sky, 2007 5 Bottles, 1994

Small PaddleFish by Stephen Palmer

The technique of putting different objects together to create three-dimensional

Conglomerate Seahorse Found Object Art

Activity 1: Compare traditional from contemporary in terms of technique and

Activity 2: Paste a picture of an example of art using Contemporary Technique.

Part 1: Identify what is being described in the statements

1. A contemporary technique in art that uses junk

Found Object Art

3 Simple Tips for Making Collage using Found Objects

Rubrics to be used in grading your Found Object Art

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