Postmodern Material Practice – Recontextualising Text

*Palm Oil in Daily Life,* 2023, silkscreen print on paper, 510 x 355 mm. Editions of 100, proceeds will go towards the support of palm oil deforestation awareness efforts.

Maryanto’s work are centred around his involvement in the Yogyakarta community and the ecological issues they face due to mining and deforestation. Palm Oil in Daily Life experiments with silk screen and uses postmodern techniques to convey messages about these local issues as a result of global greed.

Think About/Discuss:

Section 1 Practise: Choose from one of the below questions, or if time permits answer all questions as a Section 1 practise examination.

Outline the way appropriation further communicates the artists ideas about his world. (5 marks)

Examine the effectiveness of text and composition to convey ideas of environmental concern and harm. (8 marks)

Analyse the impact of Andy Warhol’s Soup Cans (1962) Banky’s Trolley (2006) and Maryanto’s Palm Oil in Daily Life (2023) on the audiences’ perception of daily life and household products. (12 marks)