Date of Graduation
2016
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Type
MFA
College
College of Creative Arts
Department
Graphic Design
Committee Chair
Joseph Lupo
Committee Co-Chair
Jason Lee
Committee Member
Kofi Opoku
Committee Member
Michael Sherwin
Abstract
My MFA written thesis addresses work completed and shown in a thesis exhibition at West Virginia University as well as significant influences to my studio process. While my focus is printmaking, the work presented in the exhibition consists of several sculptural and photographic pieces. This thesis, along with the supporting exhibition, will address my investigations into extending Minimalism's anonymity and relational aesthetics while adhering to my own predetermined artistic parameters. The work is concerned with observed form and composition along with the transformation of mundane and knowable materials into uncertain sculptures that highlight their physical properties. I emphasize the material presence and spatial ambiguities of the work, while rejecting the conventions of sculpture and painting as mainstays of artistic production.
Recommended Citation
Herron, Brett, "Somewhat familiar" (2016). Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports. 5795.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/5795