Pluralism and the Treaty of Waitangi

In teaching week 5 you will discuss pluralism and the Treaty of Waitangi in your tutorials.
Use this discussion, the notes in your ALVC book and the internet to respond to the following
questions;

1. Define the term 'pluralism' using APA referencing.

Pluralism meaning is doctrine that reality are composed with many different ultimate substances.

The Free Dictionary (n.d )

From : http://www.thefreedictionary.com/pluralism

2. How would you describe New Zealand's current dominant culture?

Maori culture is a high light to New Zealand dominant culture. This is because Maori is a traditional ethnic group, and this means a lot to what New Zealand is standing for. Personal I think that Haka is one of the New Zealand’s dominant cultures, it’s a type of traditional dance and it was known as a rugby team display. It’s with vigorous movements and stamping of the feet with shouted accompaniment. And I think because of this type of dance where it has the spirit of winning the games. The reason behind is that in the early ages Maori’s people have the dance when they having wars. Now they used the dance on the rugby games where is a benefit of having the spirit around team player.            

3. Before 1840, what was New Zealand's dominant culture?

Before the Treaty of Waitangi been signed there is some changes the culture of Maori, for example on the 1820’s Maori people started to build vessels instead of canoe and on the 1830’s many Maori converted into Christianity, its also the time where they learned reading and writing. After the British came to New Zealand, a lot of habits have changed.

Therefore I think that if the British didn’t came here there will be no changes. There won’t be any painting or education or overcome difficulties. The place will be fall of people don’t get educated, and no knowledge, it won’t have development. Before the British came, the places have difficulties to survive and to be safe. They don’t have accessible equipment to use. So as my own option I think that the British have achieved the goal to make New Zealand more develop.

With art I think there will be more natural equipments for them to use, like bamboo, leaves or wood, because it’s not developed so there aren’t any paints.  

      

4. How does the Treaty of Waitangi relate to us all as artists and designers working
in New Zealand?

The treaty of Waitangi is a treaty been signed in the 1840 6 of February. It’s a treaty where the British have the right to have the land from the Maori. I basically think it doesn’t have any relation between signing treaty and been a artist/ designers, because it people have different ideas on what art is. For example, we see lots of tiki around New Zealand, and tikis are carved in human figures, it’s a type of ornament where the Maori people wear and it’s a traditional ornament were mostly all the Maori wear, and we have the British who does more realistic painting, and build classical building.

It clearly that its two types of culture, where they make different object and have different idea what the life is.

Maybe people have different option on Treaty of Waitangi and artists and designers, but as I notice that after the British have came to new Zealand they also bought the postmodernism idea here, and we see lots of painting where its Maori people been draw out in a portrait painting and this refers back to how the Europe artist paint. So it’s mostly mean that after the British come they bought their culture and to disperse their culture all over New Zealand.           

5. How can globalization be seen as having a negative effect on regional diversity in New Zealand in particular?

As I notice that New Zealand was the last countries in the world to be settled.

6. Shane Cotton's paintings are said to examine the cultural landscape. Research Cotton's work 'Welcome'(2004) and 'Forked Tongue' (2011) to analyze what he is saying about colonialization and the Treaty of Waitangi. 

Shane Cotton’s work is highlighted with Maori iconography and culture. His artworks have explored ideas on colonialism, cultural identity, Maori spirituality and life and death. Lots of his work has a depth on presenting the New Zealand culture, especially through Maori whakapapa.    

Welcome (2004):

This is a lithograph, and its printed in black ink, on the stone. The size of the print is 45.4 x 55.0 cm.

'Welcome' (2004) Shane Cotton 

http://www.printsandprintmaking.gov.au/catalogues/work/52293/shane-cotton-welcome.aspx

 

This type of work is based on the traditional culture, I think it’s also a type of artwork where they introduce to the world, to show the culture of our country with our traditional goods. As my own option is that I think the indigenous people is presenting the welcome ceremony, the work have the cordial faces which give people good impression on how kind the indigenous people are, and I think that native bird is presenting the distance, people might have different thought on birds but the two bird on the artwork give me the feeling of the distance between other region and New Zealand.            

        

 

'Forked Tongue'(2011) Shane Cotton
http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/shane-cotton-paintings-examine-cultural-landscape-126412

This is one of his painting where is featured a cliff face, a fantail, some Maori design and a tracery of red lines. I personal think that this is not as good as the “welcome(2004)” to be the painting to present as colonialization and the Treaty of Waitangi, it does have some relation but I think that welcome have more idea on the colonialization. The cliff and the bird is probably the two object I see that has relation, the cliff give me the feeling of waiting, the new arrivals because the cliff is at the edge of the land , which is a place where the outsider come when they get drop. In this case it has connection with the bird, its seems like the two object is representing the same idea. Waiting for the Europeans to come.       

7. Tony Albert's installation 'Sorry' (2008) reflect the effects of colonization on the aboriginal people of Australia. Research the work and comment on what Albert is communicating through his work, and what he is referring to. Describe the materials that Albert uses on this installation and say what he hopes his work can achieve. Define the term 'kitsch'.

 

                                       Tony Albert | Australia b.1981 | Girramay people | Sorry 2008 |
                                               Found kitsch objects applied  to vinyl letters | 99 objects :   
                                               200 x 510 x 10cm (installed) | The James C Sourris Collection.
                                               Purchased 2008 with funds from James C Sourris through the 
                                               Queensland Art Gallery Foundation | Collection: Queensland Art Gallery

The meaning behind this work is on the 13 February 2008  the “prime minster Kevin Rudd offered a formal apology to indigenous Australians” , therefore Tony Albert have created a “Sorry” artwork which give the apology to all the indigenous Australians, and I think the way he capture the emotion between the prime minster Kevin Rudd and the indigenous Australians and made a work name “Sorry” , have really shown the respect, which is a point where I think it’s a good way to present a work( there is a story at the back of an artwork).

In the work Albert have shown use “ a forest of faces, each sharing elements of history with those stolen from their people, land and culture. Each represents a false identity, manufactured black faces made to fit white society.”
I think that the work is very different to other type of work, and I really like the fact that he uses the mistake to piece together a word. But I think face to face will be better and talking can be also count as an artwork, in a digital way.     

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8. Explain how the work of both artists relates to pluralism.

I see the Shane Cotton’s work is related to pluralism, it because the way how he uses the colonialization as a theme to his artwork, but I don’t really see pluralism on Tony Albert’s work, he does have some work that has relation but not as many as Shane Cotton. Shane Cotton have his work on maori culture as a theme, and Tony Albert play around with texts.         

http://qag.qld.gov.au/collection/indigenous_australian_art/tony_albert

http://www.answers.com/topic/pluralism

http://www.maori.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haka

http://history-nz.org/maori.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Waitangi

http://www.maori.info/maori_tiki.htm

http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/shane-cotton-paintings-examine-cultural-landscape-126412

http://www.printsandprintmaking.gov.au/catalogues/work/52293/shane-cotton-welcome.aspx

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_Cotton

http://qag.qld.gov.au/collection/indigenous_australian_art/tony_albert

Books:

Lockyer .JH (2002) A History of New Zealand

Ihimaera, W . Plant, T (1998) Land of Long White Cloud. In Reed Publishing. This is New Zealand.

New Zealand Geographic ( 7-8 2005)

Arrival. The Guide to New Zealand   

    

Week 4 - Kehinde Wiley

Week 4 - Kehinde Wiley

 

                                
                                                           3. Kehinde Wiley Count Potocki, 2008 oil on canvas, 274.3 x 274.3cm

                                                            4. Kehinde Wiley Support Army and Look after People, 2007 oil on canvas, 258.4 x 227.3cm


 1. Find a clear definition of Intertextuality and quote it accurately on your blog using the APA referencing system. Use your own words to explain the definition more thoroughly.

Intertextuality it’s the interrelationship between a text and other text’s creation and interpretation, and been taken as basic. In a way that reminds you of another painting which was painted along time ago  

Merriam Webster (n. b ) from:

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intertextuality

2. Research Wiley's work and write a paragraph that analyzes how we might make sense of his work. Identify intertextuality in Wiley's work.

Looking at Kahinde Wiley’s work. I think the big issue is that his painting refer back to other painting which was painted by other artist during the renaissance period and by looking at it its also a view point of his, why he paint painting with black people on It, in the renaissance period mostly portrait painting are with whict people on it, and the reason why wily paint black people is because he wants to show the world that black people are just as good as white people. There are some points that his painting intertextuality with lots of other renaissance painting. I also think the cloths were very dissimilar to what the era’s painting where. Painting in era, is mostly naked people or cloths that is old fashion, but Wiley bring the present days cloth into the painting which is a big difference to what the renaissance painting.     

l   It’s realistic

l   The patterns at the back ground

l   The people

3. Wiley's work relates to next weeks Postmodern theme "PLURALISM" . Read page 46 and discuss how the work relates to this theme.

The meaning of pluralism in a art is reference the nature of art forms and artists as diverse.

The relation between Wiley's work and the meaning of the word is that different artist have different ideas and thoughts, and I think that the word have match with the artist, because he change the world view point of being racial discrimination in the renaissance. Because in the era people don’t use black people as a materials, only admire with white people as there model for painting.     

4. Comment on how Wiley's work raises questions around social/cultural hierarchies , colonisation, globalisation, stereotypes and the politics which govern a western worldview. 

I think the Wiley’s work mainly brought the racism’s level higher I also think that he brought his culture to the art world, where different racial groups have the chance to develop more ideas on art, and to have more different culture to show the world.

I’m going to comment on what I said is that, he brought his culture to the world (which is more black skins colour people) and this give the benefits to the world, because the darker skins people have no right to have option before and to have comment on what other people are saying, therefore I guess they don’t have many chance to present them self as part of this world, and this is always been a controversial problem in our society. Now he present himself as a new culture to the art world, and gives option to other people, so I think this is a starting point where we can see more of their culture and artworks, may be they have more art works that’s been avoided. So it’s the time where they can shine their artwork and culture.      

5. Add some reflective comments of your own, which may add more information that
you have read during your research.

I think after I notice Kehinde Wiley, it really inspired me the passion of his, where he wanted to show the world that his culture does exist. And present something that no one have showed. I also really like the painting of his, the future and the present. The background really look like renaissance painting and the portrait look very modern, so the combination between this is very creative and very unique.       

http://www.cretique.com/archives/4012
http://www.deitch.com/artists/sub.php?artistId=11

http://www.interviewmagazine.com/art/kehinde-wiley/

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intertextuality

http://pluralism.org/pages/pluralism/what_is_pluralism

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism

http://www.directessays.com/viewpaper/68061.html

Academic Literacies in Visual Communication 2 Book. According to Caldwell (1999)

Black .J.(2008) The curse of History  

Kahinde Wiley is a Gay American based painter born in Los Angeles, who has an international reputation. Wiley lives and practices between Beijing and Brooklyn.


This weeks ALVC class focuses on the Postmodern theme "INTERTEXTUALITY", re-read Extract 1 The death of the author on page 39 of your ALVC books and respond to the oil paintings of Kehinde Wiley.

Week 3- Hussein Chalayan

Week 3- Hussein Chalayan

Chalayan is an artist and designer, working in film, dress and installation art. Research Chalayan’s work, and then consider these questions in some thoughtful reflective writing.

1. Chalayan’s works in clothing, like Afterwords (2000) and Burka (1996) , are often challenging to both the viewer and the wearer. What are your personal responses to these works? Are Afterwords and Burka fashion, or are they art? What is the difference?

Not all clothing is fashion, so what makes fashion fashion?

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                                                                 Hussein Chalayan, Afterwords, 2000

The idea through these works is very unique, these work can be called as a wearable art, because it can be wear but not on the reality, some unique idea have been made thought, but it’s also a disadvantage to the human, its inaccessible for use to wear on the street, the problem can be to heavy or it too over expose for a person wear on the street. The works above ( Afterwords made in 2000) its made out of wood block, and to me I think its very heavy for a person to wear on the street, it’s also not soft so can be a object can hit our body,  which makes it difficult to walk. Compare between art and fashion I think these work are more in a direction to art. Some people might think that this is a clothing so it should be on the fashion side, but as my own opinion I think that fashion should be a object that give people different feelings of what they look like and its also an object that can protected, and accessible. The work Hussein Chalayan does are more work on wearable clothing and display work.   

2. Chalayan has strong links to industry. Pieces like The Level Tunnel (2006) and Repose (2006) are made in collaboration with, and paid for by, commercial business; in these cases, a vodka company and a crystal manufacturer. How does this impact on the nature of Chalayan’s work? Does the meaning of art change when it is used to sell products? Is it still art?

The level tunnel (2006) was designed for the designer Hussein Chalayan, from the company level vodka, to design a collection focus on taste, the walk way were 15 meter long and 5 meter high.

These pieces are still counted as an art work, it doesn’t mean when you sell it, it will be notice as a product not as an art pieces. In the main time Hussein Chalayan’s work had been invited to do a commercial for the vodka company and the crystal manufacture. I think that to be invited to do a commercial is a opportunity to show the world they exist, it also to represent the company, in this case the artist needs to have the mark of the company or any relation to the company. So as my own option I think that it will be an original artwork and have the relation to the company.

3. Chalayan’s film Absent Presence screened at the 2005 Venice Biennale. It features the process of caring for worn clothes, and retrieving and analysing the traces of the wearer, in the form of DNA. This work has been influenced by many different art movements; can you think of some, and in what ways they might have inspired Chalayan’s approach?

I think the inspiration that Chalayan might has is some biological ways, which give him the inspiration, it can be the idea of blood type or any other elements that is related to the human biology. The hospital might be one of his big inspirations for this film because many different kind of sickness and problems on human biology is related to hospital.

Hussein Chalayan, still from Absent Presence, 2005 (motion picture)

4. Many of Chalayan’s pieces are physically designed and constructed by someone else; for example, sculptor Lone Sigurdsson made some works from Chalayan’s Echoform (1999) and Before Minus Now (2000) fashion ranges. In fashion design this is standard practice, but in art it remains unexpected. Work by artists such as Jackson Pollock hold their value in the fact that he personally made the painting. Contrastingly, Andy Warhol’s pop art was largely produced in a New York collective called The Factory, and many of his silk-screened works were produced by assistants. Contemporarily, Damien Hirst doesn’t personally build his vitrines or preserve the sharks himself. So when and why is it important that the artist personally made the piece?

Different artist have different thought on their own pieces of artwork, they also have different idea on their own artwork, I could said that Hussein Chalayan is one of the important design, his work is unique, for example the Afterwords designed by Chalayan in 2000 is very different to our cloths that been design, the dress on her can be taken out and presented as a table, and I think this type of thought that he have created is different to other designers, he gave use an accessible dress where people can go out have a moveable table on them all day. Before he design cloths, he might have issue or problems, so he thought about the issue and created a pieces where he can solve the problem.    

http://www.husseinchalayan.com/blog/

http://www.notcot.com/archives/2008/05/level-vodka-tun.php

http://www.sien-antwerp.com/store/designer/14-hussein-chalayan.html

http://meiruirui.wordpress.com/category/uncategorized/page/3/

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/infocus/fashion/whatisfashion.html

Laver. J  (1969)  Costume And Fashion A Concise History