FIONA HALL
This piece of work by Fiona Hall is part of a collection known as "Paradisus Terrestris". Material choice is especially critical when it comes to Hall's work. She takes everyday objects and transforms them into a range of contemporary issues such as globalisation, consumerism and natural history. The core theme throughout Hall's work, expecially in her Paradisus Terrestris collection, is the relationahip between nature and human culture. Beneath the half open sardine can sits a naked human body part, while plant life is sprouting from above. Hall is trying to make us consider what we share with plants. the piece of art that I chose is very complex, but made almost entirely from one material. This main material is recycled tin. She uses tin sardine cans for the base and tin again to mould the plants. Her pieces in this collection were painted either gold or silver, in the case of the one I chose, gold paint was used. Production techniques include peeling the sardine can back to reveal the human body part underneath, as if uncovering it. Then she shapes the plants to portray growth, like life sprouting from the can.
ROSALIE GASCOIGNE
Rosalie Gascoigne was quoted saying that her art making materials "need to have been open to weather." Wood, iron, feathers and wire were popular in her artwork as these materials successfully exhibited the weathered look that she was trying to achieve. Some of her most famous work used retro-reflective road signs, with others using boxes, drink crates, floral lino and many different kinds of building materials.
The artwork that I chose is known as "Foreign Affairs", and was created in 1994. The name is a response to the different addresses and dates on the boxes. The materials Gascoigne has used in sawn wood on craftboard to make it look like many different sized boxes arranged in a 778x772mm square. She has also cutup text and rearranged it on this piece. This was popular not only in the work that I have chosen, but was constant throughout many different pieces of her art.
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