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Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
An artist uses old political posters as the background of a digital painting protesting current social issues. Which principle of contemporary art best applies?
Performance
Appropriation
Hybridity
Space
A flash mob inside a mall blurs the boundary between art and ordinary public life. This illustrates:
Appropriation
Hybridity
Space
Technology
Coffee painting, marble art, and abaca-fiber installations exemplify which principle in contemporary art?
Hybridity
Technology
Appropriation
Performance
TikTok dance challenges are considered contemporary art forms when analyzed under which principle?
Space
Technology
Performance
Appropriation
If Duchamp’s L.H.O.O.Q. (Mona Lisa with a mustache) is evaluated today, what makes it a lasting reference in contemporary art criticism?
It emphasizes the grandeur of classical art
It embodies appropriation as a critique of originality
It merges with new media with technology
It is performed in unconventional spaces.
What sets the GAMABA award apart from the National Artist award?
GAMABA emphasizes international exhibitions
GAMABA focuses on folk and traditional practices
National Artist recognizes only visual arts
GAMABA is conferred exclusively by UNESCO
Samaon Sulaiman’s mastery of the kutyapi contributes to:
Documentation of Sulod-Bukidnon epics
Preservation of Maguindanaon musical heritage
The evolution of Hanunoo ambahan poetry
The revival of T’boli weaving
Federico Caballero’s role as a mangunguhay (arbiter) reflects GAMABA’s concern not only with art but also with:
Epistemological critique
Social justice and cultural continuity
National integration policies
Hybridized ritual performance
Eduardo Mutuc’s intricate silver and bronze religious icons are appropriately analyzed in which category?
Performing Arts
Carving
Ornament
Textile Art
Ginaw Bilog’s ambahan poetry provides a key to Mangyan philosophy. Which quality of indigenous literature does this highlight?
Linear narration of myths
Pragmatic instructions for farming
Symbolic wisdom transmitted orally
Universal themes of western epics
Which GAMABA artist is associated with T’nalak weaving of the T’boli people?
Lang Dulay
Salinta Monon
Magdalena Gamayo
Yabing Masalon Dulo
Salinta Monon’s insistence on weaving sinukla and bandura garments illustrates what cultural value?
Resistance to colonial education
Continuity of Bagobo traditional identity
Revival of Spanish baroque aesthetics
Ritual function of textiles
Whang-Od’s tattoos are considered ornament art because they:
Serve as commercial tourism products
Function solely as fashion statements
Embody ancestral memory and social markers
Replicate foreign tattoo techniques
In pottery, the Manunggul Jar’s significance goes beyond its function because it:
Shows hybrid materials of resin and clay
Represents early cosmological beliefs about afterlife
Illustrates Spanish colonial religious symbols
Demonstrates decorative minimalism.
Ambalang Ausalin’s weaving mastery of sinulauan and seputangan is challenging for apprentices because:
These textiles are mass-produced using machines
The patterns require layered mathematical sequencing
The designs are only symbolic and not technical
They require foreign synthetic dyes
The bahay kubo epitomizes bayanihan values because:
It is decorated with hybrid ornaments
It symbolizes collective unity through mobility
It fuses foreign architectural styles
It is made of reinforced concrete
Which of the following illustrates folk architecture as cultural symbolism?
Paco Park designed for memorial use
Intramuros grid layout as colonial strategy
Rice Terraces as harmony between people and nature
Coconut Palace as a presidential residence
The vinta of the Bajau embodies cultural identity primarily through:
Its functionality as a warship
Its colorful sails symbolizing tradition
Its technology-driven engine design
Its mass production for tourism
Napoleon Abueva’s Sandugo monument exemplifies carving because it:
Repurposes unconventional materials
Scrapes away portions of stone to form figures
Emphasizes dance rituals in Kalinga
Represents epics chanted in Iloilo
Guillermo Tolentino’s Oblation resonates as a symbol because:
It is a purely decorative nude figure
It embodies sacrifice and heroism in Filipino nationalism
It depicts agricultural productivity
It honors western sculptural traditions
Which principle best explains why GAMABA awardees are required to pass their skills to apprentices?
Sustainability of cultural heritage
Economic security
Increased agricultural productivity
Continuity of spiritual traditions
If a student stages a play inside a jeepney to critique urban struggles, which two principles intersect?
Performance and Space
Technology and Hybridity
Appropriation and Ornament
Carving and Textile
When comparing abel weaving of Ilocos and pis syabit of the Tausug, the main analytical dimension is:
Mythological references
Symbolism in fiber patterns
Foreign colonial adaptation
Literary oral epics.
A scholar analyzes Fernando Amorsolo’s Fruit Gatherer alongside Lang Dulay’s T’nalak. What makes this comparison meaningful?
Both works are exclusively textile-based
Both highlight harmony between art and agrarian culture
Both are considered GAMABA masterpieces
Both are foreign-influenced compositions.
Which art form is most vulnerable if oral transmission fails:
Carving
Epic chanting
Pottery
Ornament
If Whang-Od’s tattoo practice is commodified for tourism, which principle of contemporary art might unintentionally dominate?
Appropriation
Hybridity
Performance
Technology
The Rice Terraces as living heritage differ from museum-preserved artworks because they:
Function only as tourist attractions
Require active community labor for survival
Are no longer recognized by UNESCO
Are modern replications of foreign styles
The difference between Eduardo Mutuc’s silver altarpieces and Samaon Sulaiman’s kutyapi performances lies primarily in:
Use of hybrid materials
Temporal versus permanent art forms
Oral versus written tradition
Western versus indigenous origin
If a digital artist merges T’boli weaving patterns with AI-generated designs, the best principle describing the work is:
Hybridity through material convergence
Space as unconventional performance
Appropriation of classical epics
Ornament emphasizing tattoo practice
Which contemporary analysis would validate Ambahan poetry as “living literature”?
It thrives only in written manuscripts
It is recited, adapted, and reinterpreted across generations
It is primarily digitalized in virtual archives
It was institutionalized only through RA 7355.
In critiquing the Coconut Palace as folk architecture, one major controversy is that:
It contradicts environmental sustainability
It symbolizes agricultural harmony
It represents authentic indigenous design
It was built by GAMABA awardees
The Sarimanok is considered plastic/graphic art because it:
Functions as a sacred performance
Is embroidered into abaca textiles
Is sung in Maranao epics
Exists as a carved ornamental motif with symbolic meaning
If GAMABA artists stop teaching apprentices, what is the likely long-term consequence?
Globalization of indigenous art
Extinction of intangible cultural heritage
Increase of national artists
Hybridization into new styles
Which distinguishes GAMABA’s weaving traditions from commercial textile industries?
Use of synthetic chemical dyes
Dependence on foreign machinery
Embedding of community identity and ritual values
Adoption of fast fashion principles
Which principle of contemporary art allows the reinterpretation of the Manunggul Jar in modern video art?
Technology
Space
Performance
Hybridity
If you compare Bahay Kubo and Intramuros, which best explains their contrasting symbolism?
Unity versus Colonial Power
Foreign hybridity versus indigenous performance
Ornament versus Textile Art
Literature versus Pottery
An art critic argues that GAMABA reflects resistance to cultural homogenization. Which statement best supports this?
GAMABA awards increase tourism income
GAMABA highlights regional distinctiveness against globalization
GAMABA focuses on western aesthetics
GAMABA promotes standardization of folk arts.
The most crucial factor linking weaving, carving, and tattooing is that they:
Are dependent on imported materials
Function mainly as entertainment
Require embodied knowledge and skill transmission
Can be mass-produced by machines
If a cultural researcher documents Samaon Sulaiman’s kutyapi pieces using 3D scanning, which contemporary principle dominates?
Appropriation
Space
Hybridity
Technology
Why is the GAMABA award tied to cultural preservation policies rather than solely artistic excellence?
It prioritizes economic profit from heritage
It aims to safeguard endangered traditions as living practices
It honors only those with foreign recognition
It supports artists who work with digital platforms
