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Utilitarian Art
Art may be classified into two.

 Major Arts being the Fine art
 Minor Arts being the Utilitarian or Practical Arts.
Arts and Sciences
Science = art. They are the same thing. Both science and art are human attempts to understand and describe the
world around us. The subjects and methods have different traditions, and the intended audiences are different, but I think
the motivations and goals are fundamentally the same.
Traditionally, art and science have been treated as two separate disciplines, but when they are studied together it's
clear to see the impact one has on the other. A great deal of creativity is required to make scientific breakthroughs, and art
is just as often an expression of (or a product of) scientific knowledge.
There are two paramount differences between art and science. The first is that art is subjective while science is
objective. The second is that art expresses knowledge, most often in the form of subjective representation, while science is
the system of acquiring knowledge.
Subject matter and Style in contemporary Art

1. Abstract impressionism
 an art style in which the artist applies paint, for example, in a manner that expresses emotions and feelings in a
spontaneous way. The figures may be heavy in lines and color without solid mass.
2. Kinetic Art
 An art that may be moved by the wind or powered by a machine or electricity.
 Kinetic art depends on motion for its effects.
3. Op Art
 uses lines or images repeatedly to create an optical illusion.
 Vega-nor by Victor Vasarely
4. Performance Art
 combines a variety of media and the human body to execute an artistic theatrical expression performed before a
live audience.
5. Environmental art
 involves the artistic creation or manipulation of space such as landscape or architectural design that may enclose
its audience. Earthwork or art using stones, leaves, trees, grass, or other natural elements are included in this
category.
 Cellphones by Chris Jordan & Magical Land Art by Andy Goldsworthy
6. Feminist art
 emerged from concerns of female artists expressed through art. They tackle issues of identity, sexuality, gender
roles, equality, and the ways in which the female is treated in society, among others.
 Brave Girl (2010) by Imelda Cajipe-Endaya
7. Minimalism
 has a stripped-down, prefabricated look, free of details, and often with flat surface, but expresses a specific
content or statement. An example is electric wire emerging from the wall that coils to form a particular shape.
8. Video Art
 consists of images that are recorded through a video and viewed through television, computer, or projection
screen.
9. Graffiti Art
 drawing, inscription, or sketch done hastily on a wall or other surface made to be seen by the public.
10. Body Art
 an art form that uses the body as the medium or main material. It can be painted or clothed and used for art
performance in public. Tattooing and piercing are examples of body art.
11. Digital Art
 done with the aid of a computer to create an image or design composed of bits and bytes. The image can be
printed on paper, tarpaulin, or other mediums.
Materials used in Contemporary Art

Skills, techniques and production in contemporary art
Many contemporary artists do not have formal studies in the fine arts but are self-taught. Concerned with the
development of their talents and skills in art-making, they study on their own, interact with artists, and read a lot about the
lives of artists and their artworks. They also explore the materials in hardware stores or experiment with chemical
reactions on their base material.
There are those who learn welding and simple engineering skills. Some hire resin makers, house painters, and
materials fabricators to help them in constructing their artworks.
The Grid by Ohm David
 Ohm David’s installation art where he used metal and nylon strings and projected a spotlight onto the figure that
he created.
Different Types Of Techniques That Artists Can Choose From

1. Collage
 is made by adhering flat elements such as newspaper or magazine cutouts, printed text, illustrations, photographs,
cloths, strings, etc. to a flat surface to create a thick layer that is almost like a relief sculpture.
2. Decalcomania
 the process of applying gouache to paper or glass then transferring a reversal of that image onto canvas or other
flat materials.
3. Montage
 used for photography or film where a pictorial image is juxtaposed or placed overlapping to make another picture
or design.
Contemporary Philippine Arts: more classifications

1. Frottage
 The technique of rubbing crayon on a piece of paper which has been placed over an object or an image. The
impression of the image can be made using leaves, wood, wire screen, or metal with embossed image or words.
2. Trapunto
 Painting is the technique used by Pacita Abad where her canvases are padded, sewn, and often filled with sequins,
beads, shells, buttons, tiny mirrors, bits of glass, rickrack, swatches of precious textiles, and other things that she
picks up from her travels and journeys.
3. Decoupage
 Done by gluing decorative paper cutouts onto an object and then coating these with one or more coats of
transparent coating or varnish.

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Utilitarian Art

Art may be classified into two.

Arts and Sciences

Subject matter and Style in contemporary Art

Materials used in Contemporary Art

Different Types Of Techniques That Artists Can Choose From

Contemporary Philippine Arts: more classifications

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