Term of Award
Fall 2018
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)
Document Type and Release Option
Thesis (open access)
Copyright Statement / License for Reuse
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Department
Department of Art
Committee Chair
Moultin, Marc
Committee Member 1
Hoelscher, Jason
Committee Member 2
Farber, Robert
Abstract
This thesis examines the art work included in Kench Weathers’ MFA thesis exhibition. This work explores major themes such as the sacred, contemplation, optical illusion and paradox. The installations involve multiple three-dimensional geometric shapes that are formed with steel tubing (welded together). These works have various inspiration; both contemporary secular and sacred and are influenced by sacred paradox, both visual and ideological. The mixture of the two-dimensional with the three-dimensional creates multistable perception within the viewer. The work introduces visual and perceptual distortions of depth and dimensionality. These forms are nonrepresentational but act as a catalyst for the viewer. I create to escape, in hopes the viewer will have a similar cognitive experience. One could compare the aesthetic to minimalism wherein art objects focus on a pure form of the idea. My art is about arrangement and object and how they are presented and perceived by the viewer.
OCLC Number
1085541972
Recommended Citation
Weathers, Kench, "Mindful Escapism" (2018). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 1848.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/etd/1848
Research Data and Supplementary Material
No
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