Semester
Spring
Date of Graduation
2020
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Type
MFA
College
College of Creative Arts
Department
Ceramics
Committee Chair
Shoji Satake
Committee Member
Robert Moore
Committee Member
Dylan Collins
Committee Member
Jason Lee
Abstract
This written Thesis is the supporting documentation for Accumulation, a Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition at West Virginia University. This exhibition creates an environment in which a viewer can enter. This installation environment is created based on formal elements combined with fantastical elements from the imagination of the artist. The formal choices in the work provoke a positive otherworldly and whimsical response in the viewer. The environment is designed to provide relief from problems in the everyday world through patterns, forms, colors and surfaces. These elements are harvested from the natural world and recombined in a fantastical way. This installation contains ceramic and mixed media sculptures in the gallery space. The goal of the work is to provide experiential relief for the artist and the viewer from the mundane qualities of everyday life.
Recommended Citation
McCarty, Erin, "Accumulation" (2020). Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports. 7517.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/7517