The work I have chose is an installation by the artist duo Guerra De La Paz from their exhibition ‘Barbed’. The aesthetic theory of art can be applied as it becomes art through the artists carefully thought out arrangements of the clothes and the composition of the overflowing red shirts at the bottom shows intention as well as its clear isolation from the room by its surrounding barbed fences. As a result the installation produces a non-coincidental experience from its aesthetics despite the fact that it mimics and exaggerates the issues over recycling and overflowing rubbish that persists around the world. The thing it mimics, the issue, does not itself evoke any experience from its aesthetics and thus does not evoke much awareness not being an art piece. It has no distinct appearance that draws peoples interests unless either told of its consequences. Therefore the act of using objects that are subject to the issue of waste to create art is a form of Aesthetics that visualises on a social and economic issue that is very relevant today.
Task 9
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