Blog Post 2 -Tracey Tawhiao Subversion AS 90913 v4 internal assessment 4 credits - Literacy

1. Wide reading approach: Subversion as a compositional framework. Tracey Tawhiao- Draw a thumbnail sketch and label everything - one Artwork

2. Record: What can you categorise the objects she uses as and why?

Tracey Tahwiao uses a triangle(maunga), fish, a double koru, a shaded line, a rectangle with rounded ends and a rectangle inside and South Canterbury cave art. 

- Maunga/ triangle is used to represent the mountains.

- Fish is used to represent

- Double koru- means that two lives growing together.

- Rectangle with rounded ends and a rectangle inside- I think it represents that two race is living in the same place. In this case,  the outside rectangle represents the pakeha while the inside rectangle represents the Maori.

Triangle - represent the 2 race

- South Canterbury cave art- it represents the Maori culture and the cave was used as their shelter.

The reason why she did this was to show how the Maori people lose their land after the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840. The rectangles represent the lands that were confiscated from them. The triangles that are shaded and the triangles with lines represent the separation of the 2 ethnic groups living in the same community or nation. Maunga and fish represent the decrease of the economy due to government purchases and outright confiscation.

3. Record: Talk about space in his word-what do you notice?

She separates her work using grids. She also left some spaces to show the text from the newspaper and to add more meaning to her painting. 

4. Record: Talk about colour in his work- what can you describe?

The colour that she uses in this painting is monochromatic green, blue and as well as grey.