A Brief History of Philippine Art
In historical terms, we refer to art before the coming of first colonizers as “pre-conquest”. In Stylistic terms, we refer to it as “indigenous” to emphasize the idea that our ancestors have been making art even before colonization. Inspirations on the enhancement of Philippine arts in the pre-colonial era were usually the belief systems of the native people and the natural world. Colonialism shifted the inspirations of Philippine art towards Western notions of “art”. Since the independence era, inspirations of Philippine art have shifted into more indigenous roots, notably, through Philippine Mythology. The account puts the practices of contemporary artists in context, thus making us understand that their practices are influenced by major traditions which we can trace through our long history of making and making sense of art.

It is important to remember that the art of the so-called “past” continued and continues to evolve until the present, and are therefore in that sense, “contemporary”. This art continues to be produced, even if the conditions behind its production have already changed significantly. The relationship of material process to the symbols and meanings in how we contextualize


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