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      Dwall: between awake and asleep

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      Date
      2015-10-27
      Author
      Anderson, Robyn
      Type
      Thesis
      Degree Level
      Masters
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      Abstract
      This paper is a description of the research and processes that have culminated in the graduating master's thesis exhibition Dwall. This body of work consists of large-scale drawing and printmaking gallery installations that explore culture as well as darkness and fear, narrative and nature. These pieces have a surreal, illustrative and darkly whimsical quality highly influenced by artists like Kiki Smith, Collette Urban, Jim Holyoak, Albrecht Dürer, Swoon, Damien Hirst and Anselm Kiefer. This supporting paper will place the work in the contemporary and historical context of these artists, and also explore how all these complementary, conflicting influences have led to the production of a graduate-level body of work—particularly with a focus on the paradoxical nature of darkness and how it is a necessary tool for creation.
      Degree
      Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)
      Department
      Art and Art History
      Program
      Studio Art
      Supervisor
      Glenn, Allyson
      Committee
      Norlen, Alison; Lynes, Jeanette; Crane, Jennifer
      Copyright Date
      October 2015
      URI
      http://hdl.handle.net/10388/ETD-2015-10-2266
      Subject
      Dwall
      Newfoundland
      Art
      Visual Art
      Studio Art
      Drawing
      Installation
      Fear
      Anxiety
      Darkness
      Black Sun
      Whimsy
      Surrealism
      Symbols
      Narrative
      Culture
      Identity
      Place
      Romanticism
      Nature
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