Brittany Micho: capstone
Date
2020
Authors
Micho, Brittany, artist
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The artist's statement: My works explore the idea of the soul struggling to remain within the human form. The grotesque and abstracted features are used to highlight the moment the soul begins to escape. The soul does not know how to make sense of being human and therefore longs to escape from its stressors. It mimics a boiling point where it explodes into broken and distressed forms. The Soul keeps trying to remain and look human but parts of its ethereal reality slips in with ours, even obscuring the majority of the bodily figure itself. I enjoy the idea of intertwining the narrative of the body versus that of the soul. It allows for an environment where the figures are eternally menaced by some invisible and sombre power. The insecurity of torment and fear pervade the world in which the figures move. While the body and the soul are intricately entwined, I feel that there is a clear difference between the two. My aim is to engage with how the soul feels within the body when it is confronted with depersonalization, derealization, dissociation, estrangement and defamiliarization. I use oil paints on metal surfaces such as copper and steel while also applying chemical solutions to create rust and patinas on the piece. I use those natural colors and shapes to help form the atmosphere in which these souls live. The use of metal only adds to the pieces, connecting them to natural decay, rust, putrefying states, melting, dissolving and dissociation to express the impermanence of their bodily life. I want the viewer to be immersed in this extreme environment and feel the tension for themselves.
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Colorado State University Art and Art History Department capstone project.
Capstone contains the artist's statement, a list of works, and images of works.
Capstone contains the artist's statement, a list of works, and images of works.