Abstract
dc:description.abstractMy art examines the possible existence of an unknown civilization through the presentation of sculptural art objects within the conventional practice of displaying artifacts in a public institution. Historically, artifacts have served as visual records of journeying to and returning from a far-away land, unknown territory, alien soil, or enemy battlefield. Whether that place is tangible or is a fabrication of our subconscious, the presence of an artifact represents validation of the existence of that place. When displayed, artifacts offer a pleasurable challenge to the viewer by evoking the possibilities of a lost civilization or adventurer's journey. I employ these concepts in a mixed-media installation of sculptural artworks titled Captured Artifacts. In this installation, the juxtaposition of the known with the unknown causes one to pontificate an unfathomable happenstance: the actual possibility of an unknown culture existing beyond the known civilization.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Thesis (open access)
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Department of Art
- Year dc:date.available
- 2006
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Burch, Charles Pearson
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- E. Jane Pleak
- Tiffanie Townsend
Subjects
dc:subject × 9Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/etd/140
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu:etd-1140