Date of Award

Spring 5-10-2017

Author's School

Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts

Author Department/Program

Graduate School of Art

Degree Name

Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Visual Art

Degree Type

Thesis

Abstract

This thesis focuses on the complex nature of experience and the ability to capture its essence through forms of representation. I start with a narrative to give the reader my personal his- tory and context that drive my work. I then go on to examine the moment in which an experience exceeds the mundane and becomes significant. I also examine the object by focusing on its ability to act as a remnant of an experience, and therefore, it becomes a means of self-reflection. I use the work Box with the Sound of its own making by Robert Morris and Inhabited for a Survey (First Floor Plan from Self-Portrait as a Building) by Mark Manders in correlation with my own to explain the role of objects in the recollection of memory. Lastly, I analyze a work by Thomas Demand, titled Poll, to focus on the photograph’s lack of ability to represent a moment fully.

Language

English (en)

Program Director

Patricia Olynyk

Program Director's Department

Graduate School of Art

Thesis Advisor

Richard Krueger

Committee Member

Ron Fondaw

Committee Member

Ron Fondaw

Artist's Statement

Permanent URL: https://doi.org/10.7936/K7C24TWF

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