Date of Graduation
2017
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Type
MFA
College
College of Creative Arts
Department
Graphic Design
Committee Chair
Joseph Lupo
Committee Co-Chair
Gerald Habarth
Committee Member
Amy Schissel
Committee Member
Michael Sherwin
Abstract
This MFA thesis addresses work completed and presented in a thesis exhibition at West Virginia University, the conceptual underpinnings of this work, and the personal motivations for such conceptual lines of inquiry. Focusing on traditional fine art practices of drawing and intaglio printmaking, the accurate reproduction of reality is a strategy for changing the context in which utilitarian infrastructural objects are seen. The goal of this project is to shift infrastructure from "eyesore" status to a state of aesthetic appreciation. Through visual isolation, these objects are given the opportunity to stand as discrete and sublime forms. The objects cease to be interlopers, and become integral parts of the visual environment when reintroduced to their landscape. I ground the inquiry into these objects in a personal exploration of my own landscape. The work simultaneously addresses the objects being studied as well as the very act of studying them.
Recommended Citation
Guzan, Jacob, "An Abridged Study" (2017). Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports. 5727.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/5727