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Celebrating Mundane Moments, Meidi Karampourdashti
Celebrating Mundane Moments, Meidi Karampourdashti
MSU Graduate Theses
I feel appreciation for life and recognize the beauty of being present in the moment, not only living for a future goal. I paint moments that highlight shared slices of life that are common throughout many contemporary cultures. The theme of my paintings is to celebrate mundane moments with images living them, regardless of their geographical location. I am pausing the moments representing what appears over and over through life, reminding myself I can enjoy all of them. This body of work slows down to focus on the beauty of a moment’s essence spent with family members or friends and …
Detritus And The Icon, Brian Madonna
Detritus And The Icon, Brian Madonna
Theses and Dissertations
Detritus and the Icon highlights the relationship between the figure and the monument, contrasting between the gravity of earth and the lightness of the Divine. My thesis exhibition of seven paintings, comprised of thirty seven panels, brings the banal into conversation with the age old endeavor of monument building.
Dog Leading A Dog, Ariel Ld Mitchell
Dog Leading A Dog, Ariel Ld Mitchell
Theses and Dissertations
This thesis analyzes the artist's relationship with paint and painting, and maps it out in a semi-chronological way. It includes fragment of memories, a breakdown of her process, and other painters she relates to.