Degree Name
MFA (Master of Fine Arts)
Program
Art
Date of Award
5-2024
Committee Chair or Co-Chairs
Mira Gerard
Committee Members
Lindsay Rogers, Andrew Ross
Abstract
The artist discusses the artwork of her Master of Fine Arts exhibition, Groundswell, held at Tipton Gallery in Johnson City, March 11 – 22, 2024. The exhibition includes wall pieces, sculpture, plaster, and ceramic objects that explore the traditional parameters of painting and its presentation.
Ideas discussed include the philosophy of history, and the origin of European art tropes such as odalisques, flowers, and birds. Framing devices, deconstructed paintings, fiber arts, ceramics, 18th Century decorative art, plaster, the studio practice, Walter Benjamin, David Lowenthal, Gustave Courbet, Jean Honoré Fragonard, Titus Kaphar, Valerie Hegarty, and maximalism are also surveyed.
Document Type
Thesis - unrestricted
Recommended Citation
Gullow, Ursula, "Groundswell" (2024). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 4372. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/4372
Copyright
Copyright by the authors.
Included in
Art Practice Commons, Ceramic Arts Commons, Fiber, Textile, and Weaving Arts Commons, Interdisciplinary Arts and Media Commons, Painting Commons, Sculpture Commons