Date of Award
Spring 5-16-2019
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Visual Art
Degree Type
Thesis
Abstract
This text addresses my work as an artist and defines it in the context of the following subjects: The concept of ruins, which highlights the relationship between architecture and landscape; the formal and metaphorical dialectic between absence and presence in abandoned places; and the idea of dystopia, which emerges from that in-between space where the real dissolves into the imaginary. At the same time, my work is inspired by the visual culture of cinema and literature, principally within the science-fiction genre, and draws upon my observation of abandoned buildings in Tehran, my native city. These urban ruins are products of the cultural and political changes triggered by the Iranian revolution of 1979. This text also accompanies my MFA project – a body of paintings and sculptures.
Language
English (en)
Program Director
Patricia Olynyk
Program Director's Department
Graduate School of Art
Thesis Advisor
Monika Weiss
Studio/Primary Advisor
Buzz Spector
Studio/Primary Advisor
Michael Byron
Committee Member
Cheryl Wassenaar
Committee Member
Cheryl Wassenaar
Recommended Citation
Ghazi Asadollahi, Sara, "Concrete Poetry" (2019). Graduate School of Art Theses. ETD 120. https://doi.org/10.7936/8dvz-bt64.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/samfox_art_etds/120
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Artist's Statement
saraghaziart.com
Permanent URL: https://doi.org/10.7936/8dvz-bt64