Fiona Hall Cell Culture Analysis
FIONA HALL ESSAY
Fiona Hall was born in 1953 in Sydney. She has created many artworks, many revolving around her interests of economy, trade, socialisation and exchange. She focuses on interesting parts of the human body seen in Paradisus Terrestris, and delicacy. Examples of this are seen in “Cell culture”, “ Understory” and “Tender”. All three of these artworks represent trade, socialisation, exchange and the economy. Fiona Hall has largely incorporated modernism into her artworks. Many of her artworks are presented in vitrines, adding to the delicacy.
“Cell Culture” was created in 2002. It is a collection of plants and animals made out of clear glass beads and regular Tupperware containers. Cell culture is an installation piece with …show more content…
Hall has carefully constructed each formation of the beads, and intended to create a realistic 3D object. This artwork is an example of Halls’ interest for the economy, socialisation and trade. The idea of using the Tupperware containers and beads as materials are two examples of symbolism to trade and socialisation. Hall has chosen to use these materials to convey her ideas. During colonisation, beads were used as a main form of trade and held the economy as the form of currency and would be used to barter for land, food and clothing. The Tupperware containers are used to symbolise socialisation, as a Tupperware party is a social event. Both materials symbolise the economy, as both products are so cheap in today’s world. This artwork uses great juxtaposition e.g. Tupperware containers and beads. This artwork is also about the fine lines of today’s nature and …show more content…
Again, it is a collection of objects created from fine glass beads. The objects are elements of plant and human material including the contrast of flowers and bones. Again, the artwork is a form of installation, through a museology display cabinet and eccentric lighting positioned above the cabinet to create a shadowing of the objects on the floor. This artwork represents the interrelationship between life and death. The cabinet is organised with vibrant colours of extravagantly alive objects with beauty and fragility on top of the objects that are camouflage colours, which symbolise war and unrest. The objects within the cabinet are similar and yet, contrast one another. This artwork shows the juxtaposition of nature and the threats that arose as conflict did. Hall has used great amounts of symbolism to create effect and evoke emotion. The purpose of the cabinet is to represent the morgue, a sense of captivity and helplessness. The cabinet holds many flowers, vibrant and beautiful, also holds a camouflage poppy flower. The poppy is a symbol of war. After a battle of WW1 red poppy’s sprouted in the battlefield. It is said they were red from the soldiers’ blood, representing death and remembrance. This artwork refers to the use of the earth, the natural world and the world mankind has created. It is a very political artwork, with representations of civil unrest, and aftermath of
Fiona Hall was born in 1953 in Sydney. She has created many artworks, many revolving around her interests of economy, trade, socialisation and exchange. She focuses on interesting parts of the human body seen in Paradisus Terrestris, and delicacy. Examples of this are seen in “Cell culture”, “ Understory” and “Tender”. All three of these artworks represent trade, socialisation, exchange and the economy. Fiona Hall has largely incorporated modernism into her artworks. Many of her artworks are presented in vitrines, adding to the delicacy.
“Cell Culture” was created in 2002. It is a collection of plants and animals made out of clear glass beads and regular Tupperware containers. Cell culture is an installation piece with …show more content…
Hall has carefully constructed each formation of the beads, and intended to create a realistic 3D object. This artwork is an example of Halls’ interest for the economy, socialisation and trade. The idea of using the Tupperware containers and beads as materials are two examples of symbolism to trade and socialisation. Hall has chosen to use these materials to convey her ideas. During colonisation, beads were used as a main form of trade and held the economy as the form of currency and would be used to barter for land, food and clothing. The Tupperware containers are used to symbolise socialisation, as a Tupperware party is a social event. Both materials symbolise the economy, as both products are so cheap in today’s world. This artwork uses great juxtaposition e.g. Tupperware containers and beads. This artwork is also about the fine lines of today’s nature and …show more content…
Again, it is a collection of objects created from fine glass beads. The objects are elements of plant and human material including the contrast of flowers and bones. Again, the artwork is a form of installation, through a museology display cabinet and eccentric lighting positioned above the cabinet to create a shadowing of the objects on the floor. This artwork represents the interrelationship between life and death. The cabinet is organised with vibrant colours of extravagantly alive objects with beauty and fragility on top of the objects that are camouflage colours, which symbolise war and unrest. The objects within the cabinet are similar and yet, contrast one another. This artwork shows the juxtaposition of nature and the threats that arose as conflict did. Hall has used great amounts of symbolism to create effect and evoke emotion. The purpose of the cabinet is to represent the morgue, a sense of captivity and helplessness. The cabinet holds many flowers, vibrant and beautiful, also holds a camouflage poppy flower. The poppy is a symbol of war. After a battle of WW1 red poppy’s sprouted in the battlefield. It is said they were red from the soldiers’ blood, representing death and remembrance. This artwork refers to the use of the earth, the natural world and the world mankind has created. It is a very political artwork, with representations of civil unrest, and aftermath of