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Quarter 1 – Module 1b
Modern Art (Abstract Expressionism,
Pop Art and Contemporary Art Forms)
MAPEH – Grade 10
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Quarter 1 – Module 1b: Modern Art (Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art and
Contemporary Art Forms)
First Edition, 2021
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What I Need to Know
Welcome to Arts 10 Module 1b!
Did you know?
During the dark days of World War II, a reverse migration brought European
scientists, architects, and artists to American shores. 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 which came to be known as abstract expressionism.
The 20th century also saw the rise of new art forms aside from the traditional
ones of painting and sculpture. Among these were installation art and
performance art. Installation art makes use of space and materials in truly
innovative ways, while performance art makes use of the human body, facial,
expressions, gestures and sounds. Both speak powerfully about contemporary
issues, challenging their viewers to respond.
In this module, we will be focusing on Abstract Expressionism and
Contemporary Arts. So, let’s go and bring the artist in you!
LEARNING COMPETENCY:
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Applies different media techniques and process to communicate ideas,
experiences, and stories showing the characteristics of the various art
movements. A10EL-Ib-10
Evaluates work of art in terms of artistic concepts and ideas using criteria from
the various art movements. A10EL-Ib-a11
Shows the influences of Modern Art movements of Philippine art forms.
A10EL-lb-12
At the end of the module, you should be able to:
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Characterize the paintings based on the media techniques
used by the painter or artist
Create an artwork based on the techniques used in abstract
expressionism, pop art or op art
Express appreciation on the influences of Modern Art
movements on Philippine Art forms
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What I Know
PRE-ASSESSMENT
Direction: Read each item carefully and write your answers in your Arts
notebook. Write the letter of your choice.
1. What art movement emerged in the 1940s to 1950s that uses new forms of
abstract art developed by American painters?
A. Pop Art
C. Expressionism
B. Abstract Expressionism
D. Impressionism
2. What form of abstract expressionism uses the painting techniques such as
splattering, squirting, and dribbling paint with no planned pattern or design?
A. Color Field Painting
C. Conceptual Art
B. Pictograph
D. Action Painting
3. What establishment was made for American architects, scientists and artists in
the 1950s to 1960s in New York City?
A, School of Paris
C. Museum of Modern Art
B. The New York School
D. Academy of Fine Arts
4. What form of abstract expressionism uses different color saturations to create
desired effects?
A. Color Field Painting
C. Conceptual Art
B. Pictograph
D. Action Painting
5. What approach is used in painting where artists fill the canvas with repeating
picture fragments or symbols?
A. Color Field Painting
C. Conceptual Art
B. Pictograph
D. Action Painting
What’s In
READINGS:
ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM
The abstract expressionists were mostly based in New York City, and also
became known as the “New York School”. The name evokes their aim to make
art while abstract was also expressive or emotional in its effect. They were
inspired by the surrealist idea that art should come from the unconscious mind,
and by the automatism of artist Joan Miró.
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ACTION PAINTING
Autumn Rhythm
Jackson Pollock, 1950
https://bit.ly/3vZp0KG
One
form
of
abstract
expressionism was seen in the works of
Jackson Pollock. These were created through
what came to be known as “action painting.”
Pollock worked on huge canvases spread on
the floor, splattering, squirting, and dribbling
paint with (seemingly) no pre-planned 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.
COLOR FIELD PAINTING
Another group of artists who came
to be known as “color field painters” used
different
color
saturations
(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 Bernadett Newman.
The term colour field painting is
applied to the work of abstract painters
working in the 1950s and 1960s
characterised by large areas of a more or
less flat single colour
Magenta, Black, Green on Orange
Mark Rothko, 1949
https://bit.ly/35PaTNu
PICTOGRAPH APPROACH
It is more intimate approach in art
where artists fill the canvas with
repeating picture fragments or symbols—
as in the works of Adolph Gottlieb and
Lee Krasner. Now, what image do you
see in the painting
on the left side?
Forgotten Dream
Adolph Gottlieb, 1946
https://bit.ly/35OVXix
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Here are some of the Media Art Techniques that are used in the different art
movements.
1. Drawing (Pencil, Colored pencil, Ink, Markers, Pastels and Chalk
2. Painting (Watercolor, Acrylic, Oil, Tempera)
3. Mixed Media (Collage, Assemblage and other media mixed together)
POP ART, OP ART
By the early 1960s, the momentum of the New York School slowed down. In its
place, a new crop of artists came on the scene using lighter treatment and flashes of
humor, even irreverence, in their artworks.
The movements they brought about have come to be called:
 Pop art
 Op Art
 Conceptual Art
Pop Art
Like the Dadaist movement that arose after
World War I, the pop art movement of the 1960s
wanted to make reforms in the traditional values.
But unlike the angry, serious tone of the original
Dadaists, the pop artists seemed to enjoy
nonsense for its own sake and simply wanted to
laugh at the world. Their inspirations in their
artworks were the celebrities, advertisements,
billboards, and comic strips that were becoming
commonplace at that time. Hence, the term pop
(from “popular”) emerged.
Marilyn Monroe
Andy Warhol, 1967
https://mo.ma/3jfDZ0y
Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997) was an
American pop artist. During the 1960s,
along with Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns,
and James Rosenquist, among others, he
became a leading figure in this new art
movement.
In the Car
Roy Lichtenstein, 1963
https://bit.ly/2U3Vx4W
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Op Art
Another movement that emerged in the 1960s was “optical art” or “op art.”
This was yet another experiment in visual experience—a form of “action painting”
with the action taking place in the viewer’s eye. In op art, lines, spaces and colors
were precisely planned and positioned to give the illusion of movement.
Fall
Bridget, 1963
https://bit.ly/3gSEsUC
Conceptual Art
Another form of art from the
mid-1960s to the mid-1970s which the idea
(or concept) behind the work is more
important that the finished art object. A key
difference between a conceptual artwork
and a traditional painting or sculpture is
that the conceptualist’s work often requires
little or no physical craftsmanship. Much of
the artist’s time and effort goes into the
concept or idea behind the work, with the
actual execution then being relatively
quick and simple. An example is the
conceptual art piece by Joseph Kosuth.
One and Three Chairs
Joseph Kosuth, 1965
https://mo.ma/3vWYn9d
An actual chair (center), with a photograph of the
same chair and an enlarged copy of a dictionary
definition of a chair.
Task 1. Directions: Copy the table below and fill in the information needed
based on the images shown. Do this in your Arts notebook. No need to copy
the images.
Drowning girl
https://bit.ly/35TYo36
Abstract No. 2
https://bit.ly/35TYo36
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Pasyon at Rebolusyon
https://bit.ly/3jrAgNB
Task 2. Directions: Read the questions carefully and base your answers from
the images in Task 1. Write your answers in your Arts notebook.
1. How are the artworks above different or similar to the other art movements as
learned from the previous lessons?
2. How were the elements and principles of art used in these artworks?
What’s New
Direction: Write a short story of your experience while doing a performance in your
school such as dancing, singing, acting and others. Write your answer in a short
bond paper.
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Name of Artwork
Art Movement/Form
Media Art Technique
Title of your short story
Guide Questions:
1. How did you do your performance? Was it a group or solo
performance?
2. How did the experience affect you in any way?
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What is It
CONTEMPORARY ART FORMS:
INSTALLATION ART
Installation art is a contemporary art form
that uses sculptural materials and other media
to modify the way the viewer experiences a
particular space. Usually lifesize or sometimes
even larger, installation art is not necessarily
confined to gallery spaces. It can be constructed
or positioned in everyday public or private
spaces, both indoor and outdoor.
Materials used in today’s installation art
range from everyday items and natural materials
to new media such as video, sound,
performance and computers. The installation artist’s https://bit.ly/2T44dIs
manipulation of space and materials has also been
called “environmental art,” “project art,” and “temporary art”.
Essentially, installation art creates an entire sensory experience for the
viewer. Some works allow the viewer to touch or feel, hear, and smell elements
that the artist has incorporated in the installation. Thus, there is a strong parallel
between installation art and theatre. Both play to an “audience” that is expected to
interact with and be affected by the sensory experience that surrounds them.
"A Cordillera Labyrinth" (a spiral
labyrinth 45 m in diameter and 600
m in length made of bamboo and
reeds) set up at the Cultural Center
of the Philippines grounds in 1989.
Its centre was covered with rocks
from a river bed, creating a sacred
space peopled with spirit figures
from which life power emanates.
Cordillera Labyrinth
RobertoVillanueva, 1989
https://bit.ly/3gYzS60
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“Pasyon at Rebolusyon” (Passion and
Revolution) – a forest of bamboo draped with
two flags and strewn with debris, a skull,
candles and to one side, a book in a wooden
box marked by the all-seeing eye of God,
which seems to be inhabited by some creepy
spirit.
Pasyon at Rebolusyon
Santiago Bose, 1989
https://bit.ly/3jrAgNB
PERFORMANCE 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
 The performer’s body
 A relationship between performer and audience.
Performance art does include such activities as theatre, dance, music
mime, juggling, and gymnastics. However, the term is usually reserved for more
unexpected, avant-garde, and unorthodox activities intended to capture the
audience’s attention. The performer himself or herself is the artist, rather than an
actor playing a character as in a stage play.
The performance venue may range from
an art gallery or museum to a theatre,
café, bar, or street corner. The
performance itself rarely follows a
traditional storyline or plot. It might be a
series of intimate gestures, a grand,
theatrical act, or the performer remaining
totally still. It may last for just a few
minutes or extended for several hours. It
may be based on a written script or
spontaneously
improvised
as
the
performance unfolds.
https://bit.ly/3jasEyN
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What’s More
Task 4: Read each item carefully and write your answers in your Arts
notebook.
1. A contemporary art form that uses sculptural materials and other media
techniques to modify the viewer experiences in a particular space.
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2. A contemporary art that makes use of the human body, facial expressions,
gestures and sounds.
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3. One important thing to consider in any performances that is expected to
interact with and be affected by the sensory experience that surrounds them.
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4. The area where the performance takes place.
A G
5. The installation artist’s manipulation of space and materials.
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What I Have Learned
Answer in your Arts notebook
I have learned that ________________
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I have realized that ________________
_________________
I will apply _____________
_________________
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_______________.
What I Can Do
Directions: Choose only one activity from the options below.
ACTIVITY 1. Express your thoughts about Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Pandemic applying the techniques used in Pop art, Op art, or Abstract
Expressionism.
Materials:
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bond paper/Oslo Paper or recycled 1/8 size cardboard
watercolor, acrylic or any available paints with your preferred colors
Paint brush
Used newspaper
Instructions:
1. Select one art form or technique used in Abstract expressionism (Action Painting,
Color Field Painting or Pictograph Approach) and or Pop Art.
2. Start painting on your bond paper with the materials you have available. You can
use the newspaper for covering work surface.
3. Let the paint dry and decide a title for your painting.
4. At the back part of your painting, write a short explanation as to how you made
the artwork and what message do you want to convey from the image you made.
ACTIVITY 2. Installation Art. Create an artwork using indigenous and recyclable
materials that you want to decorate inside your house or room.
Materials:
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String, yarn, paste, glue or tape
Indigenous and recyclable materials such as old pictures, twigs, leaves,
matches, stones and etc.
Cardboard or flat wood
Instructions:
1. Decide if you want your artwork to be standing or hanging
2. If you want to have your work standing, using the cardboard or flat wood,
paste or glue the materials you have available to create a design of your
choice. (Refer to the example given in the Installation Art)
3. If you want your artwork to be hanging, use a stick (at least 1ft long) and
attach some old pictures using string or yarn.
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Example:
https://bit.ly/3qp5xSs
4. Name your artwork and write a short explanation of your experience in making
it.
Assessment
POST TEST
A. Modified True or False
Direction: Write TRUE if the statement is correct and if false, change the
underlined word/s to make the sentence true or correct. Write your answers in
your notebook.
1. Action painters attack their canvases with expressive brush strokes.
2. “The School of Paris” was an establishment for aspiring American painters,
sculptors and writers.
3. The painter known for his paintings on huge canvases with paint splattered
and dribbled is Jason Pollock.
4. Color field painters used different color saturations to create their desired
effects.
5. A more intimate approach in abstract expressionism called as “pictograph”
where the canvas is filled with repeating picture fragments or symbols are
visible in the artworks of Adolph Gottlieb and Lee Krasner.
6. In conceptual art, much of the artist’s time and effort goes into the concept or
idea behind the work and often requires more physical craftsmanship.
7. Pop art is another form or action painting with the action taking place in the
viewer’s eye.
8. Roy Lichtenstein became the leading figure of Pop art movement in the year
1923-1997.
9. In op art, lines, spaces, and colors were precisely planned and positioned to
give the illusion of movement.
10. Celebrities, advertisements, billboards, and comic strips were some of the
inspirations in Pop art movement.
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Identification
B. Direction: Read the sentences carefully and write your answers in your Arts
notebook.
1. Another contemporary art that makes use of the human body, facial
expressions, gestures, and sounds.
2. The installation artist’s manipulation of space and materials.
3. Most important element in any performance that is expected to interact
with and be affected by the sensory experience that surrounds them.
4. The four basic elements of performance art include time, space, the
performer’s body and ________________.
5. He is known for his Pasyon at Rebolusyon.
Additional Activities
Confused about Modern Art and Contemporary Arts?
Check this video to understand more!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjhXohLgJ6M&ab_channel=SanAntonioMu
seumofArt or https://bit.ly/3qy5P9N
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Cabanban, E. Horizons Music and Arts Appreciation for Young Filipinos Learner’s
Material. pp.227-230, (M. Y. Moran& M. P. Valdez, Eds), 2015
https://www.slideshare.net/NicoInigo25/abstract-expressionism-npantojasjnhs2016?qid=fbf43310-418e-44e7-972f-8a62f9475627&v=&b=&from_search=8
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/i/installation-art
https://members.tripod.com/in_the_bag/roberto.htm
https://bit.ly/3vZp0KG
https://bit.ly/35PaTNu
https://bit.ly/35OVXix
https://mo.ma/3vWYn9d
https://bit.ly/3jrAgNB
References
Name of Artwork
Art Movement/Form
Drowning Girl
Abstract No. 2
Pasuon at Rebolusyon
Media Art Technique
Mixed Media
Installation Art
Painting
Abstract ExpressionismColor Field Painting
Painting/Drawing
POP Art
POST TEST
A.
1. TRUE
2. The New York School
3. Jackson Pollock
4. TRUE
5. TRUE
6. Little
or
no
physical
craftsmanship
7. Optical art/ Op art
8. TRUE
9. TRUE
10 TRUE
B. 1. Performance Art
2. Project art/
Temporary art/
Environmental art
3. Pasyon at Rebolusyon
4. Relationship between performer and
Audience
5. Santiago Bose
PRE-ASSESSMENT
A. 1.B
2.D
3.B
4.A
5.B
TASK 4.
B. 1. Installation
Art
2.
Performance
Art
3. Audience
4. Stage
5. Project Art
Answer Key
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