SELF-LEARNING MODULE

GRADE 10
QUARTER 1

WEEK 6
ARTS
MOST
A. Reflects on and derive the mood, idea, or message from selected artworks A10PL-Ih-
ESSENTIAL 1; Explains the role or function of artworks by evaluating their utilization and combination
of art elements and principles A10PL-Ih-2; Uses artworks to derive the traditions/history of
LEARNING the various art movements A10PL-Ih-3; Compares the characteristics of artworks
produced in the various art movements A10PL-Ih-4 (Week 5)
COMPETENCIES
B. Creates artworks guided by techniques and styles of the various art movements
(e.g., Impasto, Encaustic, etc.) A10PR-Ic-e-1; Discusses the influence of iconic artists
belonging to the various art movements A10PR-Ic-e-2; Applies different media
techniques and processes to communicate ideas, experiences, and stories showing the
characteristics of the various art movements (e.g., the use of industrial materials or
found objects, Silkscreen Printing, etc.)A10PR-Ic-e-3; Evaluates works of art in terms of
artistic concepts and ideas using criteria from the various art movements A10PR-If-4;
Shows the influences of Modern Art movements on Philippine art forms A10PR-I-f-5
TOPICS (Week 6-8)
1. Abstract Expressionism Op Art Conceptual Art (Pop Art)
2. Contemporary Art Forms

Expectation

In this module, the learners are expected to identify and describe the
different art styles of each art movement and also discuss the techniques used by
the artist and create own arts using the principles, techniques and styles of
different arts movements.
Learners are also expected to identify the distinct characteristics of
installation and performance art; analyze the art elements and principles in the
production of work following the style of installation and performance art;
compare the characteristics of installation and performance art to other various
art movements; identify Filipino artists who contributed to the growth of installation
art in the Philippines; and, create artwork guided by the technique and style of
the installation art.

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 Brief Introduction

World events in the mid-20th century immensely influenced the course of

human life and, with it, the course of art history. World War I (1913-1914)
and World War II (1941-1945) shifted the political, economic, and
cultural world stage away from Europe and on the “New World”
continent, America.
The New York School
In the 1920s and 1930s, aspiring young American painters, sculptors, and
writers sailed to Europe to expand their horizons. But during the dark
days of World War II, a reverse migration brought European scientists,
architects, and artists to American shores. New York, in particular,
became a haven for the newly arrived artists and their American
counterparts.
The result was the establishment of what came to be known as “The
New York School” -as opposed to “The School of Paris,” which had been
very influential in Europe. The daring young artists in this movement
succeeded in creating their own synthesis of Europe’s cubist and
surrealist styles. Their style came to be known as abstract expressionism.
Action Painting
One form of abstract expressionism
was seen in the works of Jackson Pollock worked on huge
Pollock. These were created canvases spread on the floor,
through what came to be known splattering, squirting, and
as “action painting.” dribbling paint with (seemingly)
no preplanned pattern or design
in mind. The total effect is one of
vitality, creativity, “energy made
visible.” Pollock’s first one-man
show in New York in 1943 focused
worldwide attention on abstract
expressionism for the first time.

Autumn Rhythm

Jackson Pollock, 1950

Oil on canvas

Color Field Painting

In contrast to the vigorous gestures of the action painters, another group of artists
who came to be known as “color field painters” used different color saturations

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 (purity, vividness, intensity) to create their desired effects. Some of their works were
huge fields of vibrant color-as in the paintings of Mark Rothko and Barnett Newman

Vir Heroicus Sublimis

Barnett Newman, 1950-1951

Oil on canvas

Others took the more intimate “pictograph”

Magenta, Black, Green on Orange approach, filling the canvas with repeating
picture fragments or symbols-as in the works
Mark Rothko, 1949 of Adolph Gottlieb and Lee Krasner.
Oil on canvas

Abstract No. 2

Lee Krasner, 1948

Forgotten Dream
Oil on canvas
Adolph Gottlieb, 1946

Oil on canvas

Op art, short for optical art, is a style of visual art

that uses optical illusions.
Op art works are abstract, with many known
pieces created in black and white. Typically, they
give the viewer the impression of movement,
hidden images, flashing and vibrating patterns, or
of swelling or warping

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 As the eye moved over different
segments of the image, perfectly stable
components appeared to shift back and
forth, sometimes faster, sometimes slower
as the brain responded to the optical
data. Viewers experienced sensations
varying from discomfort to disorientation
and giddiness.

Movement in Squares
by Bridget Riley 1961

Conceptual art is art for which the idea (or concept) behind the work is more important
than the finished art object. It emerged as an art movement in the 1960s and the term
usually refers to art made from the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s.

Conceptual art, also referred to as conceptualism, is art in which the concepts or ideas involved
in the work take precedence over traditional aesthetic, technical, and material concerns. Some
works of conceptual art, sometimes called installations, may be constructed by anyone simply by
following a set of written instructions. This method was fundamental to American artist Sol
LeWitt's definition of conceptual art, one of the first to appear in print:
In conceptual art the idea or concept is the most important aspect of the work. When an artist
uses a conceptual form of art, it means that all of the planning and decisions are made
beforehand and the execution is a perfunctory affair. The idea becomes a machine that makes
the art. One and Three Chairs
Joseph Kosuth, 1965
An actual chair (center), with a
photograph of the same chair
and an enlarged copy of a
dictionary definition of a chair.

Pop art is an art movement that emerged in the United

Kingdom and the United States during the mid- to late-
1950s.The movement presented a challenge to traditions of
fine art by including imagery from popular and mass culture,
such as advertising, comic books and mundane mass-
produced cultural objects. One of its aims is to use images
of popular (as opposed to elitist) culture in art, emphasizing
the banal or kitschy elements of any culture, most often
through the use of irony.It is also associated with the artists'
use of mechanical means of reproduction or rendering
techniques. In pop art, material is sometimes visually
removed from its known context, isolated, or combined with
unrelated material.

Eduardo Paolozzi, I was a Rich

Man's Plaything (1947). Part
of his Bunk! series, this is
considered the initial bearer
of "pop art" and the first to
display the word "pop".

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Contemporary Art Forms:

Contemporary art is the art of today, produced in the second half of the 20th
century. Throughout history, people have used art to communicate without relying on
words. Art can express political ideas, reinforce religion, or convey deeply personal
thoughts. Art communicates in different ways, including through symbols or allegory, in
which a figure stands for an abstract idea. Contemporary artists work in a globally
influenced, culturally diversity, and technologically advancing world. Their art is a
dynamic combination of materials, methods, concepts, and subjects that continue the
challenging of boundaries that was already well underway in the 20th century.

The elements and principles of art such as line, shape, color and texture are the
visual building blocks of art and design used by artist to express ideas or emotions in art.
Modern artist learn how to work with these elements by applying principles such as
balance, repetition, harmony and symmetry. Artist use different media for creating art.
Some continue to use traditional media like paint, clay, or bronze, but other have
selected new or unusual materials for their art, such industrial or recycled materials and
newer technologies like photography, video or digital media offer artist even more ways
to express themselves. Modern artist incorporates more than materials and technique in
ways that create hybrid art forms. Combination of still image, moving image, sound,
digital media and found objects can create new art forms that are beyond what
traditional artist have ever imagined.

In their efforts to create meaning in today’s world, modern artist frequently go

beyond these elements and principles in their work. They use new concept and
approaches and some of these are installation and performance art.

Installation Art

Installation art is a contemporary art form that use sculptural materials and other
media to modify the way the viewer experiences a particular space. Usually life size or
sometimes even larger, installation art is not necessarily confined to gallery spaces. It
can be constructed or positioned in very public or private spaces, both indoor and
outdoor.

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 Most installation art has certain elements in common. Artists often create
installations in mixed media. Mixed media means using more than one art medium. Such
works might involve traditional arts like painting, sculpture, and textiles as well as words,
text, and utilitarian materials. Many installations incorporate found objects; cast-off
everyday materials repurposed for use in art. Some installations use audio and video
components, as well as light and other technologies. Because they are large, most
installations are site-specific. They are created to be placed into and around a specific
space, like a large gallery in a modern art museum.

Some installations involve actions by the artist as part of the artwork. Both factors
result in most installations existing for a temporary or finite amount of time. When the
installation is over, the physical work disappears, although it may be documented in
photos or video. For this reason, most installation art falls under the category of time-
based media, which is art that is described by its duration rather than just the typical
measurements of height, length, and width.

Marcel Broodthaers - The Father of Installation Art

A Belgian poet, filmmaker, and artist with a highly literate and often witty
approach to creating art, Marcel Broodthaers has indirectly written the history of art as
we know it today, but has remained in the shadows of his more famous colleagues.
Regarded as a father of installation art, his practice involved many unconventional
materials such as eggshells or mussels mixed with more traditional art. His practice was
regarded highly innovative during the transformative decades of the 1960s and 1970s. In
the final years of his life, Broodthaers created immersive décors, large-scale displays in
which examples of his past works were often unified with objects borrowed for the
occasion. In May 2016, MoMA organized the first comprehensive New York retrospective
of Marcel Broadthaers , forty years after the artist’s death.

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Filipino artist who used installation art style:

Leeroy New

Born and raised in General Santos City, Leeroy New draws inspiration from
anything and everything around him and even jumps from one medium to another, such
as film, theater, fashion, sculpture, and visual arts. For Christmas 2015, New used the SM
Aura Sky Park Lawn as his artistic venue through an interactive sculpture installation called
"Astreopora" Who would have thought that the colorful structure was actually made up
of tacky plastic household items sourced from Divisioria? He also joined efforts to
rehabilitate and restore pride in Manila's main waterway, the Pasig River, through
the Bakawan Floating Island Project. Together with urban designer Julia Nebrija, he
made a floating installation where people could enter and appreciate the long-
forgotten river.

Activity 1
MY OWN ART

What You Will Need:

*1/4 illustration board
*acrylic, watercolor, enamel or any available
paint or stain.
*used newspaper or manila paper (use as floor
mat)

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 What You Will Do:
1.Lay the used newspaper/ manila paper on
the floor/ top of the table as the based to
protect the surface from the exist drops off
paint.
2. On the top of used newspaper/manila
paper, place the illustration board (your
choice what part of illustration board will use.
3. Splattering, squirting, and dribbling paint in
any direction as you want to achieve what
you want.
4. Let the paint dry.
5.Give a title on your artwork.
6. Keep your artwork for display.

Assess the performance by putting a check ( ̷ ) mark under the column that best
describes how the artwork completed the criteria below.
Criteria Excellent Very Good Needs
(5pts) Good (3pts) Improvement
(4pts) (2pts)

The paint used is visually pleasing

The technique was properly applied

The output submitted on time

The art work is neat and clean

TOTAL POINTS

SCORE

Remarks

Highest possible score: 20pts

Equivalent Remarks : Excellent: (20-17pts); Very Good (16-13pts); Good (12-9pts); Needs
Improvement: (8pts-below)

Activity 2
: INSTALLATION ART:

Answer the following questions based on the given example of installation art.

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 1. What are the distinct characteristics of the above installation art?
2. Whys do you think is it called installation?
3. Beside the traditional medium and materials, what elements can installation
artists incorporate in the given work.
4. What are some unique ways that the viewer can get to experience on this art of
work?

Remember
*Abstract expressionism is the term applied to new forms of abstract art developed by American
painters such as Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and Willem de Kooning in the 1940s and 1950s. It
is often characterized by gestural brushstrokes or mark-making, and the impression of
spontaneity.

*Jackson Pollock’s radical approach to painting revolutionized the potential for all Contemporary
art than followed him.

*Optical Art, or Op Art, is relying on optical illusions and is sometimes even referred to as retinal
art. Some critics would even call it a mathematically themed form of Abstract Art, considering the
use of repetitive forms and colors in order to create vibrating effects, foreground-background
confusion and an exaggerated sense of depth.

*Victor Vasarely was a French-Hungarian artist credited as the grandfather and leader of the Op
Art movement.

*Conceptual art is art for which the idea (or concept) behind the work is more important than the
finished art object.

*Duchamp is the father of conceptual art and best known for his readymade, as in the urinal he
designated as art in 1917. His first pure readymade was a galvanize bottle rack from 100 years
ago.

Pop art often takes imagery than is currently in use in advertising. Product labeling and logos
figure prominently in the imagery chosen by pop artists.

*Richard Hamilton Father of Pop Art, 1973.”Four Artists", focused on Roy Lichtenstein, James
Rosenquist, Jim Dine, and Claes Oldenburg. In the 1960s, Oldenburg, who became associated
with the pop art movement, created many happenings, which were performance art-related
productions of that time.

Modern artist learn how to work with art elements by applying principles such as balance,
repetition, harmony, and symmetry. In their efforts to create meaning in today’s world, modern
artist frequently go beyond these elements and principles in their work.

Installation art is a contemporary art form that use sculptural materials and other media to modify
the way the viewer experiences a particular space. Most installation art used mixed media. Mixed
media means using more than one art medium. Many installations incorporate found objects,
cast-off everyday materials repurposed for use in art.

Performance art is a form of modern art in which the actions of an individual or a group at a
particular place and in a particular time constitute the work. It can happen anywhere, at any
time, or for any length of time. It can be any situation that involves four basic elements: time,
space, performer’s body and a relationship between performer and audience.

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 Check Your
Understanding
What You Will Do:
In putting up art gallery you should organized art pieces by group
together. Below are samples of artworks. Classify each art works according to art
movements, Abstract Expressionism, Op Art, Conceptual Art, and Pop Art.
Write your answer to the box provided below the picture.

1. 2. 3.

4. 5.

WHAT TO KNOW
1. What are two of the art movements that emerged from The New York School?
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2. Why were action painting and color painting given these names?
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3. Who was the artist who became famous for his action painting style?
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4. Explain how the elements of art were used to create the especial technical
effect in op art.
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5. What is conceptual art? How is it unlike any other art movement before it?
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