Dwall: between awake and asleep

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Date
2015-10-27Author
Anderson, Robyn
Type
ThesisDegree Level
MastersMetadata
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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 HistoryProgram
Studio ArtSupervisor
Glenn, AllysonCommittee
Norlen, Alison; Lynes, Jeanette; Crane, JenniferCopyright Date
October 2015Subject
Dwall
Newfoundland
Art
Visual Art
Studio Art
Drawing
Installation
Fear
Anxiety
Darkness
Black Sun
Whimsy
Surrealism
Symbols
Narrative
Culture
Identity
Place
Romanticism
Nature
Process