Fiona Hall's contemporary work relates to the Renaissance concept of Mercantillism. 1.Research the two examples:
'Leaf litter' (1999-2003)
'Tender'(2003-05)
2.Tender (2003-05) and 'Leaf litter' (1999-2003)to explain how they relate to this concept.
Australian artist Fiona Hall has been in recent years through plant and species classification and the transfer of the effect of European colonialism and the subsequent creation of the world's economic and cultural system. Hall's research shows that (Lieniyisi, Sweden, botanist, modern botany and animal School founder) of the global organization system is the development of knowledge structure in Europe has a role within, but also with economic and commercial interests, including the creation of the plantation economy, this economy has become the creation of wealth outside of Europe for Europe powerful machine.
3.First define mercantillism and explain how it has developed since the Renassance.
The theory and system of political economy prevailing in Europe after the decline of feudalism, based on national policies of accumulating bullion, establishing colonies and a merchant marine, and developing industry and mining to attain a favorable balance of trade.(http://www.answers.com/definition%20of%20mercantilism)
16 ~ 17 century is the period of primitive accumulation of capital in Western Europe. During this period the rise and development of commercial capital, to promote the economic collapse of the feudal nature, unified domestic market, and through colonial plunder and expansion of foreign trade and accumulated a lot of money to promote the development of handicraft workshops, produced on behalf of business interests and capital requirements of mercantilist thought. Mercantilist countries to obtain the former refers to the policies adopted by monetary wealth. After the late 16th century, in England and France there have been many ideas to promote the works of mercantilism. Mercantilist emphasis on the accumulation of gold and silver currency, the gold and silver as the only form of wealth that the foreign trade is the real source of wealth, only through the surplus wealth to get more gold and silver. Therefore, advocating the support of the national development of foreign trade.
4. For each work you will need to describe the shape, from and materials of the work, and explain the ideas behind each example.
Fristly, the leaf litter is trying to show us the mercantillism. Fiona Hall used different money for the background. Futhermore, she used leaf 's shape.
I am really interested in looking at Tender of Fiona Hall’s artefact. My understanding of the relationship between bill and bird nest in her work is a great message. That is ‘How we can spend money well ’. With the development of society, we cannot live without money only few people can live without it. Lots of opportunity has been opened to us so that we can take these by spending money. However, spending money requires proper acknowledge at the same time. Tender, her work can be understood as showing its message
ReplyDeleteFiona's work i believe is very political as well as mercantilistic, the way she has incorporated money with nature is questioning the value of money and also how money is made. A lot of money in this world has been made of paper and as we all know, paper is made out of wood/trees. Fiona has created this artwork to make the viewer think about how the money is made and how it effects the world.
ReplyDeleteThe birds nests, also made out of money is an artwork that relates to third world countries and Fiona describes this work as how poorer counties have to scavenge for materials to live and survive just as the birds do.