Week 3- Fiona Hall's work and Mercantillism
' Leaf Litter' (1999-2003)
Week 3- Fiona Hall's work and Mercantillism
' Leaf Litter' (1999-2003)'Tender' (2003-05)Fiona Hall's contemporary work relates to the Renaissance concept of Mercantillism.Research the two examples; 'Tender'(2003-05) and 'Leaf Litter'(1999-2003) to explain how they relate to this concept. First define mercantillism and explain how it has developed since the Renaissance. For each work you will need to describe the shape, form and materials of the work, and explain the ideas behind each example.These works were part of an art show titled 'Force Field' which can be viewed in one of the exhibition spaces on Youtube - Part Three: Fiona Hall: Force Field.
Posted by Julia at 12:26 AM
Labels: Fiona Hall, globalisation., Leaf Litter, Mercantillism, Tender
Ivy.Railey said...
ReplyDeleteMercantilism defines the wealth,power and the importance of gold and silver showing a nations wealth which led to the obtaining of metals through trade (exports and imports). During the Renaissance the component of mercantilism marginalized artist to a point in which wealth was first to nothing.
When observing Fiona Hall' work I see how the environment suffers from society, being so corrupted by this so called "mercantilism" and wealthy image that everyone thinks they should live by.
By interpreting the use of money and combining it with homes of animals the piece slowly begins to engage the importance of how we are "depriving and endangering" animals and people of there homes. The nest being the home we see how Fiona Hall expresses this in detail as she describes as being fragile.
In terms of "leaf litter" the repetition of currency is used. Exploring the social decay in relation to mercantilism again. It covers the continuous message for me as being corrupted and destructive. Destroying natural resources that we can probably never have again.
References:
-Britannica Concise Encyclopedia:
mercantilism
http://www.answers.com/topic/mercantilism
-http://www.google.co.nz/imgres?imgurl=http://www.abc.net.au/rn/arts/sunmorn/img/fiona_hall1.jpg&imgrefurl=http:
April 1, 2010 2:07 PM
Hi Ivy,
ReplyDeletewhen i see the work "Leaf Litter" it gives me an idea of how the nature which are being destroyed by technologies.
for me i think the money shows that people now days are more concern on their money and business, from the placing of the 2 objects the money and the leaf, Fiona has placed the leaf in front of the leaf stating that people should be more concern about the nature rather than building industries that destroys the nature.
the work "Tender" are bird nests created using dollar bill shredding, i think the idea of this work was to show that in the end money is no longer needed and people in the world will pay as much as they can for their own survival for example when the global warming become worse. and water are contaminated.
in conclusion i think Fiona Hall strongly disagree about the importance of mercantilism. she wants people to be more concerned about the world and nature.