Modern Art Remixed at the Tate Liverpool - Week 2 - Workshop

Looking Beyond the Visual Workshop

Gaining skills on how to look at art and to think about weather we are drawn to arts because they are more ‘beautiful’ than others.

The tutor picked us all a piece which we had to work with so we didn’t go to one which we like or already no its meanings.

We were not aloud to read the blurb about the piece but we were aloud to no who made it, its name and the date. We only have 15 mins to answer the questions the idea is to be quick and decisive

My piece was:

Well Done! - Bill Woodrow, 1987

http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ViewWork?cgroupid=999999874&workid=66720&searchid=19005&tabview=image

1.What can you tell about the work without reading the blurb, what was going on in the world when it was created?

2.Look at how the piece is made, why do you think the artists used the materials?

3.How does the size and shape effect how you view it?

4.Is there a message wanting to be conveyed to the audience by the artist, what do you think the piece is trying to tell you?

Africa - Kenya

Important that the work is two sided needs to be viewed from both sides.

The frying pan was cut up in a way that can still be recognized as a frying pan but also so it can make up the meat/african countries

Rustic made of everyday materials which represent the types of materials used in these kinds of countries yet they would probably never get to eat a steak

Exploited african countries represented by the crate its standing on, the crate looks battered and used. Materials represent the make shift life people live.

The size is very realistic a life sized campfire.

The process your looking at is frozen mid way through cooking.

One side you see a piece of steak and on the crate its just a number represent that we don’t know where are food is coming from.

On the other side is a map of Africa and on the crate it says produce of kenya which shows the exploitation and kenya up in flames.

Th piece makes you think about everything you use everyday.

‘Well Done! comments on the exploitation of Africa by Western governments, corporations and financial interests. The silhouette of Africa, cut from the base of the frying pan, has been painted on one side to resemble a piece of bacon. The image implies that Africa (supported by the workers of its tea plantations) was a particularly juicy piece of meat about to be devoured. Africa continues to be the poorest inhabited continent. According to the United Nations, the poorest 25 countries in the world are all in Africa’ Taken from the wall in the Tate.