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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"artist statement"”.
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The No No-Exit Closet: An Alternative to No-Exit Pathways
… is divided into three sections: an extended artist statement about my thesis project, photographic documentation of the artwork I produced for my Masters Thesis Exhibition, and a case study on the artwork of Andrea Zittel. The extended artist statement describes my Masters Thesis project …
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Us: Identity, Queer Romance, and Dramatic Writing
The following dramatic text and artist statement examine the process of developing, writing, and editing Us. It explores themes of identity, generationality, and self-definition, and the stakes of representing such complex themes onstage.
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Disruption and The Space Between: Staging The Tao of the World in Precarious Times
… Theatre from February 11 - 13, 2022. This artist statement reflects on the process of directing this piece with a specific focus on: (1) how the Omicron variant of COVID-19 affected the rehearsal process; (2) the role of disruption as a tool to challenge assumptions and prompt creative …
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The Secret Life of Things
<p>The artist discusses the work presented in The Secret Life of Things, her Master of Fine Arts exhibition held at Slocumb Galleries, East Tennessee State University, from March 18th through 22nd, 2013. The exhibition consists of sixteen illustrations (four of these are digitally enhanced …
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What Lies Behind: Speculations on the Real and the Willful
… distinct chapters. Chapter One is an extended artist statement within which the following research questions are extrapolated: In what ways can an art practice question both the limitations of human-centered knowledge and issues of ‘the real’? What roles do both abstraction and representation …
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Hand-Eye
… a case study on a selection of works by German artist Sigmar Polke using Hal Fosters writing on the historical and neo-avant-gardes. The study traces the way Polke revisits the first avant-garde project and comprehends its attempted traumatic rift from dominant ideologies for the first time. The …
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Gardening at Arm's Length
… provides supporting components: an extended artist’s statement, documentation of my artwork, an interview with artist Mary Mattingly and my Curriculum Vitae. Throughout the program, I have explored the nature/culture divide and concepts of agency shared by humans and non-humans alike. This …
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Patterns of Existence: An Analysis of the Personal Inspirations, Historical Influences, and Motivations
… I found that my influences range from the artists of the Dutch Baroque Period to the American Realist artists such as Andrew Wyeth, Winslow Homer, and Edward Hopper. I explore these ideas because I am fascinated with the mysteries of the natural world. My paintings are contemplations on …
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Affective Analysis of Abstract Paintings Using Statistical Analysis and Art Theory
… the paintings (e.g., title, description and/or artist statement) and correlate it with the emotional responses of the paintings. This research opens opportunity to understand why an abstract painting is perceived as emotional from global and local scales. Moreover, this work provides to art …
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A Walk in a Dream
… then scanned and manipulated in Photoshop. The artist has explored Henri Cartier-Bresson’s photography and Gaston Bachelard’s writings to compare to her work.</p> <p>Her artist statement is as follows: In today’s world it is hard to disconnect from media. Even when we are surrounded by natural …
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The Discipline of Happiness
… visual terms. Through the medium of an extended artist statement I reflect on the virtues of thinking in both a linguistic and spatial manner. Orchestrating the dual modes of inquiry, semantic and visual, into a single narrative highlights the evolution of my ideas about happiness. This journey …
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The Discipline of Happiness
… visual terms. Through the medium of an extended artist statement I reflect on the virtues of thinking in both a linguistic and spatial manner. Orchestrating the dual modes of inquiry, semantic and visual, into a single narrative highlights the evolution of my ideas about happiness. This journey …
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THE JOURNEY TO CREATE MEANINGFUL, ELABORATIVE ART WITH FLUENCY, ORIGINALITY AND FLEXIBILITY
… their inability to explain their work though an artist statement. The second problem was that I had stopped creating my own art and no longer saw myself as an artist. To resolve the first problem I took my students through a series of age appropriate exercises and lessons to help make personal …
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THE JOURNEY TO CREATE MEANINGFUL, ELABORATIVE ART WITH FLUENCY, ORIGINALITY AND FLEXIBILITY
… their inability to explain their work though an artist statement. The second problem was that I had stopped creating my own art and no longer saw myself as an artist. To resolve the first problem I took my students through a series of age appropriate exercises and lessons to help make personal …
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You And I
<p>Artist statement Nao Yamamoto The environment I grew up in allowed me to cultivate an appreciation for both contemporary art and traditional craft, and I still respect the Japanese culture. However, experiencing contemporary art based on a different society and environment changed my perspective …
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DISQUIETUDE
ARTIST STATEMENT In a post 9/11 world, the global war on terrorism influences our thinking and casts a perpetual shadow that is inescapable. We live in a state of disquietude. Amidst unspeakable events and traumas, we experience censored media, invasion of privacy in the name of heightened …
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DISQUIETUDE
ARTIST STATEMENT In a post 9/11 world, the global war on terrorism influences our thinking and casts a perpetual shadow that is inescapable. We live in a state of disquietude. Amidst unspeakable events and traumas, we experience censored media, invasion of privacy in the name of heightened …
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A MEDITATION ON I, WE, AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN "ONLY WE CAN PULL"
<p>In a society focused on the individual, how is community formed? As individuals predisposed to the built-in barrier of our body, our skin, how do we mediate between the self and the external? During this mediation on the barriers between our body, ourselves, and the outside world, how is …
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VS
<p><em> VS</em> is a poetic exercise in rhyme and rhythm. An exercise attempting to camouflage ideas in humor, in song, in lyrical overtures, and in social media pop culture lingo to highlight the damaging effects technology and social media have on the human relationship with the earth. …