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Rose Capulla, Visayas State University, PhilippinesAbstract
Sining Saysay is a permanent exhibit of the students and alumni of the University of the Philippines College of Fine Arts, and the exhibit was made possible through the efforts of the University of the Philippines Diliman, its Alumni Association, and the Araneta Center, Incorporated. The exhibit is composed of 30 huge panels which have 23 sequential historical panels and 7 historical-cultural panels. Of the 23 sequential historical panels, 5 of the paintings fall under the Spanish Period when Spain reigned over the Philippines for 333 years, from 1565 to 1898: 1) "The West Discover the Philippines I", 2) "The West Discover the Philippines II", 3) “Filipinos Responses to Spanish Colonization", 4) "Breaking Colonial Ties I," and 5) “Breaking Colonial Ties II." With the semiology of Roland Barthes, the modified ideological spectrum of Hans Slomp and Feorillo P. A. Demeterio III, and the art criticism of Alice Guillermo, this paper analyzed the political ideologies found in these paintings. It has been identified in this paper that the first painting has the dominant ideology of radical libertarian. The second painting has the dominant ideology of liberal libertarian. While the remaining three paintings have the dominant ideology of radical libertarian. Sining Saysay is a creative way of teaching us, Filipinos about our very own history thus fostering national identity at the same cultivating our cultural pride. So, it is important to understand what the political ideologies lie behind the selected materials presented to us.
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