Still Life Food Bowl Analysis

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‘Still Life: The Food Bowl’ draws on the still life genre as an artistic tradition that emerged as current agricultural practices were being developed. The sculpture displays a visible message to the audience, that their is a major problem due to the salt rising from the Murray Darling River and by what means Australia being affected by this situation. The Yonetani’s present their artwork as the ideas from the politics to tell of the political war going on about who owns the flowing waters and water distribution. Salinity has posed a major problem for civilisations throughout history, from ancient Mesopotamia over four thousand years ago to present-day Australia. Governments are struggling to address the problem effectively as individuals are

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