assignment for 24 Mar

Rosalie Gascoigne's work was strongly encouraged by artist Michael Taylor and by James Mollison and was dictated by the colours and types of materials she was currently interested in. Mostly found materials can be widely seen in her work, such as wood,iron,wire,feathers and most famously yellow and orange retro-reflective road signs which flash and glow in the light.
Text is another important element of her work; she would cut up and rearrange the faded, naive lettering found on these items to create abstract yet evocative grids as has shown in the picture above. In my point of view,Gascoigne's work represent an abstract view, however, never lost their simplicity,which has created a strong element in modern arts. Take this work as an example, i really like the colour she chose since this bright colour is eye-capturing and enthusastic, which matches the ideas in post modernism period.

The work Understory was created by Fiona Hall in 1999-2004 and was handcrafted from glass beads, silver wire, rubber and boar's teeth. In this work,it has been shown obviously that Hall transformed everyday materials and objects,combining with a diverse array of techniques and arrange of artmaking skills to express the social and cultural significance. Moreover,in the other artworks of her,more daliy materials such as Coca-Cola cans and US dollar were used,which can be seen as a major feature of her production method.
Hall’s work explores the boundaries between the natural and the man-made,as well as expressing a strong theme. The arrangement of the materials and the organic shape she created in her work has in favour of enhancing the visual expression.