Tracey Tawhiao Subversion AS 90913 v4 internal assessment 4 credits - Literacy - (Blog Post 3)

 Subversion through reconciling?

Sofia Minson- listen, read the transcript and/or closed captions, take notes, link the video.

- Sofia Minson hopes the viewers will experience the ' qualities' of our nature reflecting back to us' through her exhibit.

- Sofia Minson like to honour the ancestors by naming her artwork after the ancestors and mythological deities from Maori culture.

- Her artwork is mostly Maori culture-inspired and link it to other culture.

- The portraits of each woman is not real or inspired by a real person, but it's influenced by deities from different cultures around the world.

Locate one artwork - Quick thumbnail label everything.

Original Image

Thumbnail

Describe the Artwork:

This artwork shows a Maori paddle (waka) with very detailed patterns and symbols. It also has a gloomy weather background with a small amount of light from the sun. From my perspective, the background of the paddle, the dark clouds somehow look like a wave.  

Does Minson's work show subversion? If so how? If not, why?

This artwork of Sofia Minson shows subversion as it has meaning behind the work. For example, this artwork is reminding and bringing out the idea that without the Maori ancestor, travelling through the Pacific, they won't be here in New Zealand. Since according to the description of the artwork, this artwork is about honouring and remembering our ancestors who navigated throughout the Pacific. It also says that the three waka represent our ancestors who survived and face the hurdles in their life, just like how they handle the waves in the ocean when they were sailing. 

How does she use what exists already to inform her ideas?

Minson uses a massive range of ideas and put them in her own understanding. She didn't just use one culture in her artwork but she combined all other culture such as; Maori, Polynesian, Asian, Egyptian and other cultures. She uses the other culture to find the similarity from her Maori culture.  

                                                                                                                                                                   

What difference can you list between Minson and Tracey's work?

- Tracey used diverse vivid and polychromatic colours, unlike Minson she used monochrome colours and if she would add colour, it's going to be dark and bold. 

- Tracey's pieces are done in the newspaper while Minson's works are done on canvas. 

- Tracey includes text on her artwork, Minson doesn't.

- Tracey's artworks are mostly Maori patterns, and Sofia's artworks are diverse-cultured.