Case Studies Flashcards
Abdul Abdullah Artworks
“Them and Us” (2011)
“You See Monsters” (2014)
Fiona Foley Artworks
“Land Deal” - Printext text on board (1995)
“The Annihilation of the Blacks” (1986)
“Dispersed” (2018)
Abdul Abdullah key term
Political voice
Marginalised
Australian multiculturalism
Mistreatment of humanity
Alienation
Disenfranchised
Abdullah “You See Monsters” key points
Dehumanised appearance
Eyes, ears, and facial features are non-human
Clenched fists showing anger
Monkeys are seen as a lesser evolution of human
Vulnerable appearance saw through the body language
Traditional clothing - sunnah caps + Thobe
Head down and eyes up which creates tension
Abdullah “Them and Us” key points
Lighting on Abdul Abdullah at the front, only on his crescent moon which symbolises Islam
Codes of nationalism and masculinity that pervasively influences racist and stereotypical attitudes towards the “other”
The brother is difficult to distinguish in the dark, which allows audiences to sense fear. This confronts viewers about their unconscious stereotypes
Abdul Abdullah context
Growing up as Muslin in a post-September 11
Cronulla Riots Dec 2005
Alienation of Australian Muslims
Abdul Abuddlah Quotes
“I have always felt like an outsider among outsiders,”
“I’ve never been allowed to feel like an Aussie”
Fiona Foley context
Fiona Foley is a Batjala Woman of Fraser Island
Fiona Foley “The Annihilation of the Blacks”
This artwork was created with wood, synthetic polymer paint, feather, string
Physical appearance of the ‘doll’ like figures
Material used: Native tree. Executed by their own nature –> breaking the natural chain of being
Fiona Foley “Dispersed”
Elevated - curatorial decision
Installation of giant letters made from charred laminated wood and aluminium, one D pitted with calibre bullets.
Artistic choice of making the font easy so audiences will focus on the meaning of the word
Fiona Foley Land Deal
1995 John Batman bought 600 000 acres of land
Chose to install these things to show the physicality of the objects given to the Aborginal people
Knives mirrors, scissors, axes, objects
The artwork allows audiences to walk around the space
It equally reflects issues of custodianship, land possession and occupation of her country, “K’gari” and other areas of Aboriginal Australia.
The spiral shap echoes similar grooved designs drawn in the sand for Aboriginal ceremonies
Fiona Foley quote
“Brings to public consciousness the systemic violence toward Aboriginal nations”
How aboriginal people were eradicated off the land, through violent means; massacres
Pablo Picasso Artwork
“Guernica” (1937)
“The Young Ladies of Avignon” (1907)
Pablo Picasso Guernica
1937 Spanish Civil War approximately one-third of Guernica’s inhabitants were killed or wounded.
Rendered and abstracted cubism style Picasso pioneered.
Far left a woman holding her dead child, releasing a scream, her eyes sliding down her face in the shape of tears and her head bending unnaturally
Acute sense of claustrophobia.
Canvas massive size = 3.5 × 7.77 metres
Painting is monochromatic since a hint of blue is the only colour used
Lee Bul artwork details + structural
“Majestic Splendour” (1997)
Installation of raw fish, sequins and mylar bags at Museum of Modern Art, New York
The fish are decorated with stereotypical symbols of femininity and beauty such as ornate jewellery, crystal beads, and flowers.
Utilises the fish as a visual metaphor for the inevitable decay of external beauty
Lee Bul artwork Subjective
- Audiences
- Own experience
Allows audiences to engage through their olfactory.
She questions patriarchal authority and marginalisation of women in culture and politics.
In 1989 she emerged with her own experience with abortion which till today is restricted in South Korea
Lee Bul artwork postmodern
- Forms
- Issues addressed
The artist’s sculptures embody gruesome and surreal forms
Addressing issues like gender and sexuality in outlandish public performance that challenged a patriarchal society’s tolerance for vocal feminist views.
Lee Bul quotes
Critic quotes
“to survive the oppressive censorship of ideology, artistic expression would be the only way out for me”
“it has something to do with beauty of women as well as its suffering”
- Mistook Song
Lee Bul context
Labelled as a “Korean feminist”
Inspired by characters of myth, film and art history, these potent forms suggested a world in transformation and the possibilities: bio-technological innovation.
Fiona Hall context
A contemporary Australian artist
- Investigates issues based on consumption, politics and trade within nature and the environment.
- Inspired by “Cabinet of Curiosities”
Fiona Hall challenge conventions
- Materials
- Forms
Non-traditional materials such as sardine cans and soap
- Bringing into art gallery unfamiliar forms which challenges audiences to reconsider these materials and their historical significance
Fiona Hall artwork
Tender (2003-5)
- Relating to the cabinet of curiosity.
- Painstakingly woven (artist practice)
-> Thousands of shredded US dollar bills
-> 86 birds nests each based on different species.
Fiona Hall quote
“Complex relationship between the natural world and human systems of value, trade and exchange.”
Fiona Hall world
- Issues
- Audience
Environmental pollution, diminishing of animal habitats and consumerism
- Deforestation causing birds, animals and people to lose their homes
The audience understands how the world is being destroyed for profits, the nests representing homes built with care and tenderness
Fiona Hall frames
- Conncetion
- US dollar significance
Draws a connection between the fragility of nature and of economic life.
US dollar is still the most valued currency in many developing countries, it suggests people are scavenging for the dollar like a bird scavenging for materials
Fiona Hall materials + influence
US dollars and wire + 86 nests
Careful study of nests in the collections, as well as during Hall’s visits to Sri Lanka.
Young Ladies of Avignon
Picasso’s use of tone is minimal
African Masks
“Cultural Appropriation”
Going outside the western tradition
Otherness, Curiosity
Instead of portraying women as ‘curved’ and ‘smooth’ in an attempt to express women in his unique way.
