Abstract
Thesis/thesis document 2 explores the subversive power of the painted image, made by a physical performative act. Such acts are not confined to the production of the art object, but expand across the landscape, involving the minds, bodies, and things of culture adjacent to the making process. Following the thinking of Maurice-Merleau Ponty, Thesis/thesis document 2 understands painting not as the container of a finite, legible message, but as a physical platform for the conveyance of perceptual, personal, and experiential ambiguity. Made in this way, painted images offer a powerful alternative to the proliferation of propaganda and advertisement in the visual landscape. Through an analysis of the philosophical concept of consciousness and a study of the history of Cubism, the physical nature of the painting process emerges as a tool of visceral strength.
Degree Date
Spring 2019
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.F.A.
Department
Division of Art
Advisor
Barnaby Fitzgerald
Second Advisor
Eileen Maxson
Third Advisor
Lauren Woods
Subject Area
Art, Philosophy
Number of Pages
31
Format
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 License
Recommended Citation
Plotts, Jessamyn, "Thesis/thesis document 2" (2019). Art Theses and Dissertations. 9.
https://scholar.smu.edu/art_etds/9
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