Semester
Spring
Date of Graduation
2010
Document Type
MFA Creative Writing Thesis
Degree Type
MFA
College
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences
Department
English
Committee Chair
Joseph Lupo
Abstract
This thesis covers the body of work I created during my graduate studies at West Virginia University. My focus is printmaking; my work also consists of sculpture and installation. I will also discuss artists who have influenced my ideas and art making as well as the influence that conceptual art has had on contemporary artists working today.;The everyday: items/language that motivate my art making are those that are left, forgotten or unnoticed. This language offers stories and a history that documents an everyday presence. For example, a grocery list, before it is discarded, becomes a part of our memory and a message that is written in a book becomes a memory of a past event. A used coffee lid is a reminder of a past conversation and I use language that is overheard, which might have been forgotten if not brought back as art.
Recommended Citation
Rockage, Jennifer, "Overheard-collected-remade" (2010). Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports. 4648.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/4648
Embargo Reason
Permanent Embargo – MFA Creative Writing