Fiona Hall 21st Century Art in

Fiona Hall's artist talk at the opening weekend of '21st Century: Art in the First Decade'. ยฉ 2010 QAG|GoMA This summer 2010--11, to mark the end of the first decade of this millennium, the Gallery presents '21st Century: Art in the First Decade' at the Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia from 18 December 2010 -- 26 April 2011. Fiona Hall uses a dazzling variety of materials in her complex, imaginative and often surprising works. Originally noted for her photographic work, for the last two decades Hall has made sculptures and installations of many different types, ranging from tiny snow-dome multiples to entire gardens. Her broad-ranging practice includes major public commissions and projects that have embraced a broad range of media, and have increasingly engaged with themes of ecology, history and the effects of globalisation. 'Tender' 2006 explores complex intersections between the natural world and human systems of trade. This refined meditative installation consists of thousands of shredded American one dollar bills, painstakingly woven into 86 birds' nests โ�� each for a different species with its own particular habitat and needs, whether on the ground, or in the boughs of a tree. The face value of these notes is deliberately destroyed in order to restore their use value โ�� not as nests, but as art. Here Hall is questioning what happens when one's native habitat is invaded and eroded, when the almighty dollar becomes the only acceptable ... Video Rating: 5 / 5

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Fiona Hall 21st Century Art in the First Decade
Fiona Hall 21st Century Art in the First Decade