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Art In The Capitol City, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Art In The Capitol City, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Art and Music
Bibliography and photographs of a display of government documents from Minnesota State University, Mankato.
Art In Many Places, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Art In Many Places, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Art and Music
Bibliography and photographs of a display of government documents from Minnesota State University, Mankato.
This Is Not Where You Are, Wesley James Hill
This Is Not Where You Are, Wesley James Hill
All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects
A mobile art gallery show that is comprised of stop motion videos and prints relating to out unnoticed conveniences and our ability to take our subconsciously forgotten surroundings for granted.
Parietal Dwellings, Krista Heinitz
Parietal Dwellings, Krista Heinitz
All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects
My work is inspired by the mysterious qualities of our earth, and the beings that inhabit it. I reference nature, biology, architecture, and popular culture to make works which encourage contemplation. I am creating my own personal history through the making, as well as inviting the communal connection. This body of work aims to create a space filled with juxtapositions, optical illusions, and familiar materials. Inspired by lucid dreaming, the work puts a twist on assumed normalcy in our environment.
Can't Get A Date, Date A Dog, Dana Marie Sikkila
Can't Get A Date, Date A Dog, Dana Marie Sikkila
All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects
My work is about redefining a space, taking away the idea of the white cube that is known as the gallery. I want to take my viewer to another space without having them leave the room. My work overtakes the gallery and gives it a new meaning. The use of wallpaper and house hold appliances transforms the viewer to an era that no longer exists. The use of repetition and female imagery overwhelms the viewer. Over thousands of individually silkscreened and hand cut prints are combined with household appliances to create a three-dimensional sculpture. It takes a two dimensional thing …
Precious Commodities, Colin John Klimesh
Precious Commodities, Colin John Klimesh
All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects
My process mimics the production of goods and commodities in the industrial and commercial sector. It begins with the conception of a design, which I translate to the fabrication of a matrix, a means for replication and reproduction. I find the aesthetics of systematic production visually appealing. Store shelves speak of repetition and duplication, a society of productivity, efficiency and economy, industrialization and commercialism. Though I despise the underlying values that consumerism promotes, I love the clean, geometric, organized and modular aesthetic that it conveys. I often work between ceramics and print media, letting one process inform the other. Ceramic …