Embodying Simultaneity Presenting the Body as a Whole

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dc.contributor.advisorGill, John
dc.contributor.advisorHopp, Johnathan
dc.contributor.advisorKelleher, Matt
dc.contributor.advisorMcConnell, Walter
dc.contributor.advisorSikora, Linda
dc.contributor.advisorSmythe, Meghan
dc.contributor.authorDias, Brittany Lynne
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-19T14:23:15Z
dc.date.available2020-08-19T14:23:15Z
dc.date.issued2020-05
dc.descriptionThesis completed in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Fine Arts degree in the School of Art and Design at the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, NY.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis paper serves as a dissection of my work and studio practice, discussing process, materials, concepts, ideas, and significance. My sculptural practice embodies personal psychological and physical experiences, bridging the connections between the interior and exterior body, public and private space, and vulnerability. The essences of events and moments, emotions and physical responses are materialized through clay, relying on memory and intuition. The simultaneity of internal and external exposures of the body is presented as a whole. Body is all-encompassing, referring to both the physical and mental attributes of the individual. Abstraction allows elements of the physical and mental body to coexist visually. Emotional turmoil is rooted in dualities, contradictions, conflicting ideas, and anxiety—caught in a state of ambivalence, represented through ambiguous expression in abstracted sculptures, residing within the grotesque. Working in the realm of body, flesh and blood is a way of claiming power and humanizing one’s own body. Material choices, aesthetics, ambivalence and its significance align within feminist ideologies and lay within the canon of contemporary artists.en_US
dc.format.extent36 pagesen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10829/24118
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.relation.ispartofScholes Libraryen_US
dc.rightsThe author has granted Alfred University a limited, non-exclusive right to make this publication available to the public. The author retains all other rights.en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://libraries.alfred.edu/AURA/termsofuseen_US
dc.subjectMFA thesisen_US
dc.subjectfemale artisten_US
dc.subjectabstracten_US
dc.subjectinternal bodyen_US
dc.subjectexternal bodyen_US
dc.subjectCeramicsen_US
dc.titleEmbodying Simultaneity Presenting the Body as a Wholeen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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