Destruction In Fiona Hall's Dead In The Water

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“The state of the world today has prompted artists to have more of a personal agenda than ever before. Artists reinterpret what they see around them and therefore give a contemporary opinion. This is usually from their own experiences and society which allows them to comment on this world.”

Every person has a difference vision when looking at the world around them. Different experiences manipulate the way they see certain happenings. Many artists, however, agree that what they all see is negative, although how they portray this negative image does vary. Many artists decide to use destruction as a method of producing their artwork while others will use destruction as their artwork’s topic. Three artists that will be examined who have used destruction on either of these ways are Fiona Hall, John Baldessari and Raphael Montanez.
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This work uses a vitrine cabinet to give the illusion of a water line. These cabinets are commonly used in museums. Above the waterline there are strong ‘masculine’ PVC piping. These pipes, however, change form underneath the waterline. The strong materials now resembles delicate shapes that bear a similarity to live roots. These pipes are made from finely sewn glass beads. This particular work demonstrates an image of live beautiful creature. Once the ‘roots’ are lifted out of the water the figures are destroyed by man-made tools to benefit humans. This establishes a type of construction that destructs the beauty of the creations given to us from nature. This artwork successfully gets the message of destruction across to the audience by having the two conflicting objects connected to provide the audience with a comparison between the