^Rampant, (1999) by Simryn Gill.
Roadkill, 2000
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- How does this artwork challenge traditional artmaking conventions?
- What is the relationship between where the objects have come from and what they have been turned into?
- Why is this satirical/ humorous?
- What does this artwork force the viewer to do?
Washed Up, 1993-95
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- How does this artwork challenge traditional artmaking conventions?
- What does this work remind you of?
- What has been engraved on the glass?
- How do these engravings add meaning?
Simryn Gill Extended Response:
Explain how Simryn Gill explores the relationship between the natural world and culture in her artworks.
How does Simryn Gill investigate/consider the relationship between the natural world and culture in her artworks?
Simryn Gill explores the relationship between the natural world and culture, in her artworks, by combining human and natural elements and considering the role of nature. This is clear in her artworks “Forest” and “Rampant”. In each of the artworks, Gill uses materials and places that reflect different aspects of nature and society and culture. These materials often may amuse the viewer and provoke thought or appeal to their imagination. Gill considers how we experience a sense of place, and how our cultural histories impact our present moment. Gill’s artworks are primarily concerned with the role of nature, she often combines natural and human elements, to explore the relationship between the natural world and culture.
In Simryn Gill’s artwork “Rampant”, she explores the relationship between the natural world and culture by linking introduced plant species to immigrants using natural and human materials. Her piece of work displays images of trees and plants dressed in clothes. The trees she has chosen to dress are introduced species such as bamboo, bananas and sugar cane, and they are dressed in lungis and sarongs, which are generic clothes from where these plants originate. The connection Gill makes between the natural world and culture implies the similarity between being an introduced plant species or a person moving to a different country. Gill uses this similarity to provoke thoughts in the audience such as “What happens when the tree is admirable in its native land but out of place and wrecking havoc in its introduced environment?” The use of natural and human materials causes the audience to make connections with the introduced plants and new people arriving in a country. Thus, causing the viewer to think “What happens when a person is introduced into a new country and not accepted by society?” Gill explores the relationship between the natural world and culture by creating connections between nature and society.
Gill explores the relationship between the natural world and culture, in her artwork “Forest” by forming a connection between nature and human interference or adjustments. In this artwork, Gill has strategically placed book pages and grafted these pieces into the natural environment. This piece of work proposes an etymological concept and provokes thoughts about the nature from which the raw material for books is sourced. These pieces of art were also created and displayed in places where a tamed nature was in the process of becoming wild again, such as buildings and gardens in Malaysia and Singapore that had been abandoned and had started decaying and returning to their natural state. Through this artwork, Simryn Gill makes a comment on the way that nature seems to be in the process of reclaiming its culture or civilisation.
Simryn Gill explores the relationship between the natural world and culture by combining human and natural materials to form connections between culture and nature. Her artworks focus prominently on the role of nature and the culture of nature. In her artworks, “Rampant” and “Forest”, Gill forms similarities and links between natural and human concepts. She explores the relationship between the natural world and culture by using human and natural materials or places to comment on the role of nature and culture.
In Simryn Gill’s artwork “Rampant”, she explores the relationship between the natural world and culture by linking introduced plant species to immigrants using natural and human materials. Her piece of work displays images of trees and plants dressed in clothes. The trees she has chosen to dress are introduced species such as bamboo, bananas and sugar cane, and they are dressed in lungis and sarongs, which are generic clothes from where these plants originate. The connection Gill makes between the natural world and culture implies the similarity between being an introduced plant species or a person moving to a different country. Gill uses this similarity to provoke thoughts in the audience such as “What happens when the tree is admirable in its native land but out of place and wrecking havoc in its introduced environment?” The use of natural and human materials causes the audience to make connections with the introduced plants and new people arriving in a country. Thus, causing the viewer to think “What happens when a person is introduced into a new country and not accepted by society?” Gill explores the relationship between the natural world and culture by creating connections between nature and society.
Gill explores the relationship between the natural world and culture, in her artwork “Forest” by forming a connection between nature and human interference or adjustments. In this artwork, Gill has strategically placed book pages and grafted these pieces into the natural environment. This piece of work proposes an etymological concept and provokes thoughts about the nature from which the raw material for books is sourced. These pieces of art were also created and displayed in places where a tamed nature was in the process of becoming wild again, such as buildings and gardens in Malaysia and Singapore that had been abandoned and had started decaying and returning to their natural state. Through this artwork, Simryn Gill makes a comment on the way that nature seems to be in the process of reclaiming its culture or civilisation.
Simryn Gill explores the relationship between the natural world and culture by combining human and natural materials to form connections between culture and nature. Her artworks focus prominently on the role of nature and the culture of nature. In her artworks, “Rampant” and “Forest”, Gill forms similarities and links between natural and human concepts. She explores the relationship between the natural world and culture by using human and natural materials or places to comment on the role of nature and culture.