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What kind of art is okir design?
Okir is a design or pattern often rendered or carved in hardwood, brass, silver and wall painting in curvilinear lines and Arabic geometric figures. The Okir Motif is an art depicting the indigenous originality and skill of the Maranaos.
What is the significance of the art of okir?
The Okir Motif is an art depicting the indigenious originality and skill of the Maranaos. It is a fine art of figuring, painting, curving and sculpturing depicting the social and psychological identity of Maranao Society.
What is the concept of okir in relation to Islamic art?
One is a curved-line woodcarving and metalworking called okir, similar to the Middle Eastern Islamic art. This style is associated with men. The other style is geometric tapestries, and is associated with women. The Tausug and Sama–Bajau exhibit their okir on elaborate markings with boat-like imagery.
What is the subject matter of your okir design?
“Okir” is a design or pattern that tells the story of a person; his experiences, beliefs, and values – that composed his being and identity, through the use of authentic symbolisms; which reveals the distinct & original culture and civilization of the Muslim south.
Who is the artist of okir?
Abdulmari Imao
As a sculptor and painter, National Artist Abdulmari Imao draws inspiration from the Tausug and Maranao artistic traditions of Southern Philippines, particularly the art of the okir wood carving design, which he reinterprets in a contemporary idiom.
What is modern arts in the Philippines?
Edades, Ocampo and Francisco were the triumvirate of Philippine Modern Art. Their artworks were influenced by the western styles in the international scenes such as pop art, maximalism, minimalism, abstraction, expressionism, constructivism, magic realism, and environmental art.
What does Sarimanok symbolizes?
Description. The Sarimanok is the legendary bird that has become an ubiquitous symbol of Maranao art. It is depicted as a fowl with colorful wings and feathered tail, holding a fish on its beak or talons. It is said to be a symbol of good fortune.
What is the okir motif?
The Okir Motif is an art depicting the indigenious originality and skill of the Maranaos. It is a fine art of figuring, painting, curving and sculpturing depicting the social and psychological identity of Maranao Society. It is being patronized long time ago, until today and possibly in the coming generations of Maranao people.
What is the history of okir?
The Okir (motif) is an exclusive artistic cultural heritage of the Maranaos of Lanao, Philippines. It is as an artistic design of the Maranao native inhabitants of southern Philippines beginning from the early 6th Century C.E. before the Islamization of the area.
What is okir wood carving?
The traditional motifs ( okir) used in wood carving by the Maranao peoples on Mindanao were replicated in the 20th and 21st centuries in their brass wares. The Maranao were the largest manufacturers of brass wares, an art that can be traced to early Chinese contacts before the arrival…
What is okir in Maranao art?
Every artifact or Maranao made ornament or device or decoration is designed with authentic okir revealing that the Maranaos have a distinct and original culture and civilization not being imitated from other culture. In the book of Dr. Nagasura Madale, it explains that the Okir has patterns which are used by the Maranao artists. They call them: 1.