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Introduction to contemporary art

Contemporary means art that has been and continues to be created during our lifetimes. In
other words, contemporary to us. Many important topics have been resonating in the new
century and inspiring new thinking and scholarly debate, such as the surge of bio art in
response to scientific research in the life sciences, and the critical theory known as relational
aesthetics that developed in response to an increase in art that invites viewers participation
and interaction.
Art of the 21st century emerges from a vast variety of materials and means. These includes the
latest electronic technologies, such as digital imaging and the internet; familiar genres with a
long history that continue to be practiced with great vigor, such as painting and materials and
processes once associated primarily with handicrafts, re-envisioned to express new concepts.
Since the early 20th century, some artists have turned away from realistic representation and
the depiction of the human figure, and have moved increasingly towards abstraction. In New
York City after World War II, the art world coined the term "abstract expressionism" to
characterize an art movement that was neither completely abstract, nor expressionistic.
Contemporary artists working within the postmodern movement reject the concept of
mainstream art and embrace the notion of "artistic pluralism," the acceptance of a variety of
artistic intentions and styles. Whether influenced by or grounded in performance art, pop art,
Minimalism, conceptual art, or video, contemporary artists pull from an infinite variety of
materials, sources, and styles to create art. For this reason, it is difficult to briefly summarize
and accurately reflect the complexity of concepts and materials used by contemporary artists.
This overview highlights a few of the contemporary artists whose work is on view at the Getty
Museum and the concepts they explore in their work.
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Contemporary Arts In the Philippines

1. Choreography

2. Musical instrument

3. Literary and music composition

4. Visual design

5. Theatrical performance

Applied or Household Art This refers mostly to household arts such as flower arrangement,
interior decoration, dressmaking, home-making, embroidery, cooking and others.

Civic Art This includes city or town planning, maintenance and beautification of parks, plazas,
roads, bridges and farms. It refers to civic planning in order to improve the standards of living.

Commercial Art This involves business propaganda in the form of advertisements in

newspapers and magazines, signs and posters, billboards and painting and many more.

Graphic Art It is anything printed from raised or sunken reliefs and plane surfaces.

Agricultural Art This refers to agronomy (crop production), horticulture (garden or orchard
cultivation), husbandry (raising of cows, carabaos and poultry and swine) and farming.

Business Art This includes merchandising, accounting, book keeping, typewriting,

salesmanship and business administration.

6. Painting In the early 19th century, wealthier Filipinos introduced more secular Filipino art, causing art
in the Philippines to deviate from religious motifs. The subject matter of paintings began to include
landscapes, Filipino inhabitants, Philippine fashion, jewelry, furniture and painters themselves.

7. Sculpture Branch of the visual arts that operate in three dimensions, and one of the plastic arts.
Durable sculptural processes originally used carving and modelling in stone, metal, wood and other
materials.