Evaluate the Significance of Particular Images, Symbols or Themes That Are Used Throughout an Artist’s Practice

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Evaluate the significance of particular images, symbols or themes that are used throughout an artist’s practice Artists represent their issues and ideas through visual language, in particular through their choice of themes, symbolism and imagery. Hossien Valamanesh is a contemporary Iranian Australian artist. His cultural identity is reflected in his artmaking through a strong sense of place and engagement with the environment. Marion Borgelt is an Australian contemporary abstract artist working in Sydney. She is particularly interested in abstraction in terms of the use of symbols, precision of objects and their spatial relations. Her artwork reflects themes of universal significance as well as life and lunar cycles. Hossein Valamanesh works mainly with installations and sculptures to represent his ideas. He explores his ideas through visual metaphors and symbolism. His works are mainly based on his feelings and personal responses and his two cultures of his native Iran and Australia. He creates subtle and poetic works that instil a sense of wonder in the audience. Valamanesh creates sculptures and installations that explore the ideas of identity and connectedness to the place, influenced by his Persian heritage, which underpins most of his art practice. The themes of journeys and the notion of displacement are concerns in his work as suggested in ‘Long, Belonging’ 1997. He relates to childhood experiences, spiritual references and experiences of different cultures, exploring these connections in visual form. His works are based on what the artist experiences and he attempts to create a heartfelt experience for the viewer. Hossein Valamanesh combines simple objects such as a ladder or a Persian carpet with the four elements of earth, water, fire and air to create symbolic meanings. Valamanesh uses a ladder as a symbol of his sculpture ‘Madmen Have

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