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      Negative Object; Apophatic Gesture

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      Date
      2016-11-01
      Author
      Morgun, Jessica A 1980-
      ORCID
      0000-0001-7085-4843
      Type
      Thesis
      Degree Level
      Masters
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      Abstract
      Representing absence without naming or referencing the objects in question brings to mind the example of apophaticism – a tradition in theology that names what the divine is not, exploring the limits of human knowledge through negation. Considering the absent object in an apophatic way can foster attentiveness to the things that populate our lives, revealing that when objects go missing or lose their usefulness there is an indefinite loss - not only of the object itself, but also of worlds and relationships that once existed. It might seem a lofty term for lowly objects – a fur coat, a postcard, a bulldog clip - but it is a vernacular sense of the apophatic I wish to access.
      Degree
      Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)
      Department
      Art and Art History
      Program
      Studio Art
      Supervisor
      Norlen, Alison
      Committee
      Shantz, Susan; Nowlin, Tim; Khanenko-Friesen, Natalia
      Copyright Date
      June 2017
      URI
      http://hdl.handle.net/10388/7550
      Subject
      art
      apophatic
      theology
      negative theology
      absence
      installation
      drawing
      sculpture
      found object
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