DOI
https://doi.org/10.25772/3W2X-V481
Defense Date
2012
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts
Department
Fine Arts - Painting
First Advisor
Christine Gray
Second Advisor
Holly Morrison
Third Advisor
Hilary Wilder
Abstract
I will discuss six art works that have a range of characteristics, but can all be unified through the notion of surface, both physically and conceptually. I will investigate how ideas of taste, assumption, collage, façade, figure/ground, display and value can all be seen through this lens. Much significance and symbolism is imbued in such a thin layer and I am actively aware of this as I work. The way I construct and render my subjects and the space in which they reside determines how they are viewed, perceived, considered, and judged by others.
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Is Part Of
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Date of Submission
May 2012