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Title:
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Wanderlust
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Creator:
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Kruger, Judith M.
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Subject:
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Thesis (M.F.A.) -- Painting
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Subject:
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Savannah College of Art and Design -- Department of Painting
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Rights:
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Copyright is retained by the authors or artists of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
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Abstract:
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This
thesis
explores
the
idea
that
through
a
re-contextualization
of
the
ancient
processes
and
traditions
of
Nihonga,
Japanese
mineral
pigment
painting,
a
contemporary
studio
practice
evolves.
By
placing
the
artist
in
the
role
of
researcher-alchemist,
the
work
becomes
less
concrete
as
culturally
specific;
it
is
now
more
universally
and
cohesively
defined
as
abstract
painting.
Through
a
non-hierarchical
ongoing
five-step
process,
it
is
possible
to
encounter
and
respond
to
unfamiliar
territory,
marked
by
unknown
human
presence.
This
dynamic
sustains
a
communal
exchange
between
collective
and
individual
human
experience.
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Abstract:
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Extensively
layered,
mixed
media
artworks
serve
as
objectified
metaphors
for
the
concept
that
we
are
and
everything
around
us
is
a
material-based
collection
of
connected
particles.
By
examining
life
from
a
hyper-focused
gaze,
obscure,
partially
defined
abstraction
replaces
discernible
objects.
The
phenomenon
of
relational
depth
and
personal
connectivity
is
revealed
and
experienced
by
looking
beyond
the
veneer
of
what
first
meets
the
eye.
This
art
is
charged
with
signifiers
of
diverse
matter
that
elicit
optical
richness
and
sensual
experience.
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Publisher:
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Savannah, Georgia : Savannah College of Art and Design
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Date:
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2012-03
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Format:
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PDF : 46 p. : ill
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