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... obvious and structured way the personal concerns of the artist as a member of a cultural group and therefore speak in a direct way to others, feeding the human spirit, its goals and complexities."2 Julie Rrap and Colin McCahon are two examples of artists who 'pick over culture, seeking to comment, define and reinterpret.'3 Their work relates to their cultural background and can be portrayed under the theme of 'Precious Things.' Julie has used the element of religion and her own naked body, as a symbol of preciousness whereas Colin McCahon is preoccupied with religious and moral issues that is precious to him. Both artists are able to look at culture and respond by remaking it from their symbols of preciousness. Rrap's artwork is conceptual in approach in the way that she works with concerned ideas. In her early work in the 1980's she focused on the representation of the ...