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Sleight Of Hand: A Mystery Unveiled, Claudia Mederos May 2000

Sleight Of Hand: A Mystery Unveiled, Claudia Mederos

Dissertations and Theses

This thesis is an exploration in painting via approximately one hundred small works in acrylic, gouache, and graphite on paper. The written discussion clarifies my approach to this body of work: how it was conceived, the use of materials, as well as its purpose.

More specifically, I look toward the contemporary proliferation of visual media along with the concept of "art for art's sake" as influences. Surrealism and the revelation of the subconscious mind through painting are central topics. A tendency toward introspection, and subliminal sexuality along with the subconscious direction of mind, are brought to light by the use …


A Visual Interaction Of Rational And Intuitive Processes, Priscilla Hanson May 2000

A Visual Interaction Of Rational And Intuitive Processes, Priscilla Hanson

Dissertations and Theses

The paintings in this exhibition are an investigation of the dichotomy between rational and intuitive processes. The scope ranges from a purely historical perspective to include personal history as well. The work references ancient mythologies and the ordering systems that humans have created to explain the world around them as an expression of rational processes. The objects and symbols used derive from my interest in archaeology, mythology, astrology, and astronomy of the ancient world. Most of the surface on my paintings is unstructured, consisting of loosely applied layers of paint and subtly shifting colors. Surfaces are built up through a …


2000 Forces, Scott Yarbrough May 2000

2000 Forces, Scott Yarbrough

Forces

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Untitled Drawing Series: Influenced By A Mother And Child Relationship, Elaine A. Powell-Ascroft Apr 2000

Untitled Drawing Series: Influenced By A Mother And Child Relationship, Elaine A. Powell-Ascroft

Dissertations and Theses

The Drawing series presented in this thesis exhibition deals with the influence of a mother and child relationship. Beginning with pregnancy and following the physical relationship through the first year, these drawings reflect the changes of the interactions between the mother and the child as well as the mother and her environment.

The imagery is an abstract representation of this relationship. The intuitive process that is used to create this series, relies on formal elements of drawing which only suggest the influence of the mother and child relationship. It is the intuitive approach to these drawings that allows the emphasis …


Re: Definition, Unknown Jan 2000

Re: Definition, Unknown

Morehead State University Art Collection

An undated painting titled "Re: Definition" by an unknown artist.


Woman Lying In Grass, Unknown Jan 2000

Woman Lying In Grass, Unknown

Morehead State University Art Collection

An undated woodcarving of a woman lying in the grass by an unknown artist.


2pac, Unknown Jan 2000

2pac, Unknown

Morehead State University Art Collection

An undated drawing titled "2PAC" by an unknown artist.


Images Of Pandas, Unknown Jan 2000

Images Of Pandas, Unknown

Morehead State University Art Collection

An undated painting of pandas by an unknown artist.


Colors Of Courage, Tom Nielsen Jan 2000

Colors Of Courage, Tom Nielsen

Morehead State University Art Collection

A 2000 painting of an eagle flying in front of the American flag by Tom Nielsen.


Folk Art Treasures From Guangxi, Kentucky Folk Arts Center, Guangxi Provincial Museum Jan 2000

Folk Art Treasures From Guangxi, Kentucky Folk Arts Center, Guangxi Provincial Museum

Kentucky Folk Art Center Exhibition Catalogs

2000 Kentucky Folk Art Center exhibition catalog of folk art from the Guangxi Province of China.


Portrait Of William R. Seaton, Unknown Jan 2000

Portrait Of William R. Seaton, Unknown

Morehead State University Art Collection

An unsigned and undated portrait of William R. Seaton.


Eagle Lake Homecoming, John L. Ward Jan 2000

Eagle Lake Homecoming, John L. Ward

Morehead State University Art Collection

A 2000 color print titled "Eagle Lake Homecoming" by John L. Ward.


Eagle Lake Homecoming, John Ward Jan 2000

Eagle Lake Homecoming, John Ward

Morehead State University Art Collection

A John Ward original painting of an eagle perched upon a branch overlooking a lake, created in 2000.


Review Of 1900: Art At The Crossroads, Antoni Pizà Jan 2000

Review Of 1900: Art At The Crossroads, Antoni Pizà

Publications and Research

There is probably little doubt that the fissure between "high" and "low" culture is more conspicuous nowadays than it ever was. Clement Greenberg, that dashing arbiter of contemporary art, had already sensed it in 1939 when he wrote the seminal essay quoted above, as Adorno also perceived it decades before him. Their foreboding premonitions, however, could not hinder the relentless success of popular culture and the retreat of so-called high art into the safe harbors of the university campus, the museum, and the private sphere.