As a gallery curator for the Queensland Art Gallery, I have been asked to present three artworks representing The Seven Deadly Sins. These three artworks I have chosen are all of which depict the sin, Pride. The artworks “Pride, Seven Deadly Sins”, 1985 by Fiona Hall, “Pride”, 1945 by Paul Cadmus and “The Seven Deadly Sins”, 1993 by Otto Dix are all fantastic examples of artworks displaying a particular sin or all seven deadly sins. The sin in particular that I have focused on is Pride; Pride is a belief in one's abilities, selfishness and putting one's beliefs first before anything else.
The first artwork representing the seven deadly sins is by Fiona Hall, in this artwork Fiona Hall has explored the sin Pride. Fiona Margaret Hall was born in 1953 in …show more content…
The lines being one of the first to notice, with the harsh and thick edges of the metal objects and the smaller sharp lines creating the imagery in the background. The artwork contains many geometric shapes located within the foreground and mostly the background. However, there are also some organic shapes within the sardine containers such as the brain, metal cut outs of different shapes placed within some of the tins are also organic. Hall has used a very muted but dramatic tone throughout by, sticking to the monochromatic metallic colours of grey, silver, and black. Hall has then used rough textures such as brushes etc., although there are many smooth surfaced objects such as the skin located on the muscled arms in one of the tins.
Hall entices the viewer to inspect this artwork in depth due to the fact that pride can be symbolized and presented in many different ways within an artwork. The use of a monochromatic colour scheme makes the viewer inspect the many objects and images within the composition. The metallic colour scheme shows that these manmade objects are symbolic of the natural desire to be proud which is a human