Contemporary Arts

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an indigenous, pre – colonial ritual object and motif in the everyday life of the people of the Cordillera region. A human – like figure made of hardwood,it is believed to be a granary god that assures the community of a bountiful harvest.

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bulul

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would perform a ritual where the figures is drenched in pig’s blood as a form of offering to the spirits.

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ritual specialist or mumbaki

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His artworks employ the bulul and other mundane objects from his native Ifugao homeland as subject matter.

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Gaston Damag

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

It is a set of background information that enables us to formulate meanings about works of art and note how context affects form.

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contexts

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Different context of arts

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Artist’s Background, Nature, Everyday life, Society, Politics, and Economy, and History and Mode of Reception

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a master sculptor who maintains a workshop where young people are trained to make santos

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matecanan mandukit

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mache sculptures of horses or taka with the town of Paete, Laguna that produces the said works for export or for local sale.

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red papier

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a rooster carrying a fish on its beak; and other okir designs in his paintings and sculptures using modernist styles of figurations. (2006 awarded The National Artist Abdulmari Asia Imao)

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Sarimanok

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an artist who hails from Iligan City, would often emphasize her female identity and personal experiences in many of her terracotta works.

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Cutting Onions Always Makes me Cry by Julie Lluch

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is a type of ceramic. Its name derives from the Italian term meaning “baked earth.”

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terracotta

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The exposure of the painter and ____________ during his study in the United States in the early 20th Century was said to have a profound impact on his artistic vision and style.

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National Artist Victorio Edades to the 1913 International Exhibition of Modern Art

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uses abaca fibers stripped from the trunk of the banana tree, and colored with red and black dyes naturally extracted from roots and leaves of plants.

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t’nalak

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crab

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kleng

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frog

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tofi

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snake skin

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sawo

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bird in flight

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gmayaw

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a local bird – as it tries to escape the field traps set by farmer.

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tinikling

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experimented with iron – rich San Dionisio clay sourced from her native Iloilo

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The ceramist Nelfa Querubin – Tompkins