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- DIRT, RUST, AND NON-GIRL STUFF.
- Creator
- Carballo, Victoria, Stollar, Thomas, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Visual Arts and Art History, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
- Abstract/Description
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Dirt, Rust, and Non-Girl Stuff explores identity, mental health, and tradition. Considering the customs of my Cuban heritage, I choose materials and processes that reflect conventions related to gender identity, expression, and craft. These subjects are represented via assemblages that exist as stand-alone sculptures and installations. Each piece is composed of materials and objects chosen based on their physical characteristics and associations to craft or notions of traditional gender norms...
Show moreDirt, Rust, and Non-Girl Stuff explores identity, mental health, and tradition. Considering the customs of my Cuban heritage, I choose materials and processes that reflect conventions related to gender identity, expression, and craft. These subjects are represented via assemblages that exist as stand-alone sculptures and installations. Each piece is composed of materials and objects chosen based on their physical characteristics and associations to craft or notions of traditional gender norms. The work hints to the viewer through metaphors created by material choice, found object associations, and the placement of each element. Each fragment of material represents a part of my identity. The porcelain acts as a metaphor for my body, often breaking, cracking, and shattering. Its fragility requires mending, stitching, and repair to become something or someone else. The crochet elements reference the women's gender roles and femininity that my parents yearned for me to exhibit. The metal tools and rusted objects are representative of the more masculine roles I took on to fulfill my father's need for a son. The work often exhibits the precarity, the needed repairs, or additions of femininity to the otherwise masculine materials to turn a too masculine body into a more feminine one. The arrangements are not motivated by order or beauty but by the tension caused by the divide between who I am and whom I am expected to be.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2022
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013960
- Subject Headings
- Art, Sculptures, Installations (Art)
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Temporal Displacement.
- Creator
- Cohen, Karen-Janine, DiCosola, Michaela, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Visual Arts and Art History, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
- Abstract/Description
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Temporal Displacement is an investigation of loss and the recollection of memories translated through tangible objects and their placement in relationship to one another. The objects are primarily slip-cast terracotta ceramic dog-like heads with fabric bodies crafted as puppet-like forms, which are both stationary and suspended. Additional elements include a Mechanical Dog that the viewer activates with a hand-held crank; muslin fabric printed with hand-made ceramic stamps, and a curtain. The...
Show moreTemporal Displacement is an investigation of loss and the recollection of memories translated through tangible objects and their placement in relationship to one another. The objects are primarily slip-cast terracotta ceramic dog-like heads with fabric bodies crafted as puppet-like forms, which are both stationary and suspended. Additional elements include a Mechanical Dog that the viewer activates with a hand-held crank; muslin fabric printed with hand-made ceramic stamps, and a curtain. The ceramic stamps are incised with a version of the puppets playing the game of jacks. The installation is within a three-walled room that invites viewers into a liminal time-space and experience, then leads them out again.
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- 2020
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013465
- Subject Headings
- Installations (Art)
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Mercury Express.
- Creator
- Gran, Cangshu, Prusa, Carol, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Visual Arts and Art History
- Abstract/Description
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My thesis exhibition “Mercury Express” is the culmination of my creative research and the paintings that I have created over the past three years. This body of work is comprised of fourteen oil glaze paintings on canvas, ranging in size from 16x 16 inches to 36 x 48 inches. These paintings demonstrate, through subjective color and the application of misty layers of luminous paint, my residence on the edge of moving to the future and looking to the past. Through imagination my paintings...
Show moreMy thesis exhibition “Mercury Express” is the culmination of my creative research and the paintings that I have created over the past three years. This body of work is comprised of fourteen oil glaze paintings on canvas, ranging in size from 16x 16 inches to 36 x 48 inches. These paintings demonstrate, through subjective color and the application of misty layers of luminous paint, my residence on the edge of moving to the future and looking to the past. Through imagination my paintings express a longing for connections and offer glimpses of happiness tinted with a pervasive overcast of melancholy. Mercury Express is a visual expression of what I consider to be ‘Kitsch’, ‘Sentimental’ and ‘Adventurous’. Through this work I salvage and renew the child-like wonder that managed to survive into my adulthood. Through the positioning of remembered objects in imaginary landscapes, Mercury Express recalls and explores my childhood memories, ideas and aspirations to reclaim the wonder I have lost as an adult.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2019
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013211
- Subject Headings
- Painting, Art
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- THE LOOSE-LINE AESTHETIC: VISUAL STYLES AND CONTEMPORARY FUSION.
- Creator
- Henry, Alex, Bargsten, Joey, Florida Atlantic University, School of Communication and Multimedia Studies, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
- Abstract/Description
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Loose-line is a visual style where dramatic lines are created with quick, swift strokes, often randomly overlapping each other. Loose-lines can be used to depict a subject and emphasize its actions. They capture the viewer's attention and provide them with an understanding of the narrative depicted through its implication or suggestion of action. In this thesis I will examine, the loose-line technique and its components. I will show how loose-line has been used as a foundational technique for...
Show moreLoose-line is a visual style where dramatic lines are created with quick, swift strokes, often randomly overlapping each other. Loose-lines can be used to depict a subject and emphasize its actions. They capture the viewer's attention and provide them with an understanding of the narrative depicted through its implication or suggestion of action. In this thesis I will examine, the loose-line technique and its components. I will show how loose-line has been used as a foundational technique for pre-visualizing painting, sculpture, and architecture throughout art history, and especially with regard to its role in the development of cinema and animation. And finally, I will apply the loose-line technique to contemporary visual compositions and reveal how merging rough sketches with 3D renders contributes to an innovative aesthetic style.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2023
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014180
- Subject Headings
- Aesthetics, Art
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Tomorrow is Saint Valentine’s Day: Ophelia Visualized.
- Creator
- Rutt, Otto J., McConnell, Brian, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Visual Arts and Art History, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
- Abstract/Description
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“Tomorrow is Saint Valentine’s Day” is a manic line of dialogue spoken by Ophelia in Shakespeare’s Hamlet. I have chosen that line as the title of my thesis and exhibition. Much of my graduate work has emanated from scenes in Shakespeare’s plays. I make dimensional paintings, prints, and sculptures that leverage a wide variety of media, material, and processes. I have chosen the intense drama of Ophelia’s final appearance on stage to inspire this body of work. The drama and imagery of...
Show more“Tomorrow is Saint Valentine’s Day” is a manic line of dialogue spoken by Ophelia in Shakespeare’s Hamlet. I have chosen that line as the title of my thesis and exhibition. Much of my graduate work has emanated from scenes in Shakespeare’s plays. I make dimensional paintings, prints, and sculptures that leverage a wide variety of media, material, and processes. I have chosen the intense drama of Ophelia’s final appearance on stage to inspire this body of work. The drama and imagery of Shakespeare’s plays has been a profound source of ideas for me. They motivate me to connect with all available resources in an energetic way to create visually captivating pieces of art. My objective is not to illustrate any given scene but to leverage the text for a personal artistic experience. The result is an abstraction that captures the energy of a dramatic moment. The art I produce is an expressive record of my relationship with the literature.
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- 2020
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013585
- Subject Headings
- Art, Visual art, Ophelia (Fictitious character)
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- WHISPERS FROM THE GHOST HOUSE.
- Creator
- Jones, Symantha, Ward, Julie Anne, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Visual Arts and Art History, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
- Abstract/Description
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Whispers from the Ghost House is the concrete manifestation of the mutable nature of childhood memory held within the nebulous forms of home. In all of its many incarnations home exists as a construction out of time and space that absorbs the accumulation of life performed around and within its walls. Home is idealized and sought after, both sanctuary and snare. The iterations of home I created are primarily constructed from repurposed materials with inherent histories; unstable and malleable...
Show moreWhispers from the Ghost House is the concrete manifestation of the mutable nature of childhood memory held within the nebulous forms of home. In all of its many incarnations home exists as a construction out of time and space that absorbs the accumulation of life performed around and within its walls. Home is idealized and sought after, both sanctuary and snare. The iterations of home I created are primarily constructed from repurposed materials with inherent histories; unstable and malleable. Cardboard and paper holds the plastic veneer of various mediums to shape, color, and mar surfaces. The home develops an identity as it absorbs each action and material, gradually becoming an entity as well as a receptacle, to both display and obfuscate the nostalgic and the unattainable. Each hardened home becomes a haunted being in which memories interlace and fade away as they transform into the wild twisted houses of reverie.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2020
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013477
- Subject Headings
- Visual arts, Art, Mixed media works
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- The Power of Wrapping.
- Creator
- Thieman, Sharon, Prusa, Carol, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Visual Arts and Art History
- Abstract/Description
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Power of Wrapping explores and communicates the somaesthetically inspired artistic act of wrapping as a generative force for healing. This thesis exhibition is an installation of artwork comprised of the combined forms and outcomes from two types of investigation. One, a studio practice in which my own somatic engagement, collaborates with my personal aesthetics of form, to produce two kinds of exhibited work. The first is a large traditionally wrapped Japanese temari and the second, involves...
Show morePower of Wrapping explores and communicates the somaesthetically inspired artistic act of wrapping as a generative force for healing. This thesis exhibition is an installation of artwork comprised of the combined forms and outcomes from two types of investigation. One, a studio practice in which my own somatic engagement, collaborates with my personal aesthetics of form, to produce two kinds of exhibited work. The first is a large traditionally wrapped Japanese temari and the second, involves twenty low-relief two dimensional wrappings on eight-inch stretcher frames and configured in a circular pattern with a larger wrapped stretcher frame in the center. Two, a social practice which embodies relationally and somaesthetically inspired art making within community groups, as generators of a large hanging form of wrapped hula hoops. In its totality, the installation is an expression of the idea that the body is essential to both making art and experiencing art.
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- 2018
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013036
- Subject Headings
- Installations (Art), Exhibit, Body in art
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Renascence.
- Creator
- Navarrete, Roberto Rafael, Prusa, Carol, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Visual Arts and Art History
- Abstract/Description
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My thesis body of work offers a bridge into the physical, emotional, and spiritual scarring caused by global intolerance towards the LGBTQIA+ community and oppression embedded by patriarchal power. This body of work is a collection of resurfaced history and experiences transformed physically by intentionally subverting hyper-masculine materials into knots. My objective is to deconstruct individual knotted cords that make up the fabric of my identity and reconstruct them into an installation....
Show moreMy thesis body of work offers a bridge into the physical, emotional, and spiritual scarring caused by global intolerance towards the LGBTQIA+ community and oppression embedded by patriarchal power. This body of work is a collection of resurfaced history and experiences transformed physically by intentionally subverting hyper-masculine materials into knots. My objective is to deconstruct individual knotted cords that make up the fabric of my identity and reconstruct them into an installation. Renascence offers a visceral experience for the audience that aesthetically explores the body’s transformation as it heals. This thesis asserts a place within a reflective, fluid, transitional identity expressing the intersection of the temporality and body that I occupy as a Queer, Latinx artist of color. Working across media, Renascence incorporates performance, photography, paper, paint, projection, mirrors and built environments.
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- 2018
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013044
- Subject Headings
- Installations (Art), Sexual minorities, Multimedia (Art)
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- THERE IS STILL LIFE AFTER DEATH: REFLECTIONS ON OVERCONSUMPTION AND WASTE.
- Creator
- Duarte, Caroline Portella Ferreira, Afanador-Llach, Camila, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Visual Arts and Art History, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
- Abstract/Description
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The unbridled consumerism established during the industrial revolution in consumer society has become a mass phenomenon. The birth of industry caused significant transformations in the world economy, as well as in the human lifestyle, as it accelerated the production of goods and the exploitation of natural resources. People today consume in a way that their purchasing choices define them. Consumption is not driven by social responsibility: individuals often end up engaging in overconsumption...
Show moreThe unbridled consumerism established during the industrial revolution in consumer society has become a mass phenomenon. The birth of industry caused significant transformations in the world economy, as well as in the human lifestyle, as it accelerated the production of goods and the exploitation of natural resources. People today consume in a way that their purchasing choices define them. Consumption is not driven by social responsibility: individuals often end up engaging in overconsumption habits due to the vast number of options and the perpetual launching of new trends. Consumption is the satisfaction of desires and wants, especially in current westernized societies. In my thesis, I will address a concern that is shared by many people. I will be using Graphic Design to draw attention to the misuse and waste of our planet's natural resources while critiquing the consumer society and the lifestyle that compels consumption to maintain acceptance within a social group. I will be discussing the different concepts that people have about trash and waste, in hopes to make them aware of our role in the conscious use of Earth's natural resources.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2022
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014116
- Subject Headings
- Graphic arts, Communication in art, Consumerism
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Le communisme, la pensée et l'art.
- Creator
- Casanova, Laurent.
- Date Issued
- 1947
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3358266
- Subject Headings
- France. Questions intellectuelles. Art.
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Folk Arts and Crafts.
- Creator
- Bakushinsky, A. V.
- Abstract/Description
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This item is part of the Political & Rights Issues & Social Movements (PRISM) digital collection, a collaborative initiative between Florida Atlantic University and University of Central Florida in the Publication of Archival, Library & Museum Materials (PALMM).
- Date Issued
- 1939
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00001549
- Subject Headings
- Folk art -- Soviet Union.
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Street.
- Creator
- Kushman, Kerri (Printer)
- Date Issued
- 2009
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/2707257
- Subject Headings
- Broadsides, Letterpress, Art
- Format
- Image (JPEG2000)
- Title
- Hawk Devouring a Pigeon.
- Creator
- Tasillo, Mary (Author and Printer)
- Date Issued
- 2009
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/2707227
- Subject Headings
- Broadsides, Letterpress, Art
- Format
- Image (JPEG2000)
- Title
- A Rebuttal.
- Creator
- Shlah, Zaid (Author), Callahan, Eileen (Printer), Hansen, Sean (Printer)
- Date Issued
- 2007
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/53658
- Subject Headings
- Broadsides, Letterpress, Art
- Format
- Image (JPEG2000)
- Title
- Al-Mutanabbi Street.
- Creator
- Gotthold, Peggy (Printer), Van Velzer, Lawerence G. (Printer)
- Date Issued
- 2007
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/53660
- Subject Headings
- Broadsides, Letterpress, Art
- Format
- Image (JPEG2000)
- Title
- At the Dome of the Rock.
- Creator
- Shehabi, Deema (Author), Moxon, Paul (Printer)
- Date Issued
- 2007
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/53682
- Subject Headings
- Broadsides, Letterpress, Art
- Format
- Image (JPEG2000)
- Title
- Barrenness.
- Creator
- Al-Haydari, Buland (Author), Khouri, Mounah A. (Translator), Alga, Hamid (Translator), Day, Michael (Printer)
- Date Issued
- 2007
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/53684
- Subject Headings
- Broadsides, Letterpress, Art
- Format
- Image (JPEG2000)
- Title
- Where do words come from.
- Creator
- Ghata, Venus Khoury (Author), Brady, Denise (Printer), Hacker, Marilyn (Translator)
- Date Issued
- 2009
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/2707359
- Subject Headings
- Broadsides, Letterpress, Art
- Format
- Image (JPEG2000)
- Title
- Where My Books Go.
- Creator
- Yeats, William Butler (Author), Disslin, Annette C. (Printer)
- Date Issued
- 2009
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/2707360
- Subject Headings
- Broadsides, Letterpress, Art
- Format
- Image (JPEG2000)
- Title
- Who.
- Creator
- Redington, Simon (Author and Printer)
- Date Issued
- 2009
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/2707363
- Subject Headings
- Broadsides, Letterpress, Art
- Format
- Image (JPEG2000)