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Surfaces of growth and decay, beauty and repulsion: addressing the abject and the sublime through drawings of the natural world

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dc.contributor.authorScheck, Naomi, author
dc.contributor.authorKokoska, Mary-Ann, advisor
dc.contributor.authorLehene, Marius, committee member
dc.contributor.authorRyan, Ajean, committee member
dc.contributor.authorMoseman, Eleanor, committee member
dc.contributor.authorHarrow, Del, committee member
dc.contributor.authorRickard, Kathryn, committee member
dc.date.accessioned2007-01-03T05:33:58Z
dc.date.available2007-01-03T05:33:58Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractMy artwork has largely been influenced by my understanding of the natural world as being in constant flux. Through my drawings I explore natural life processes that are both beautiful and destructive, addressing growth and decay. I seek to present a visual and sensory experience that generates emotions of awe and imagination, but also challenges and confronts idealized views about life and natural processes. My intentions are similar with those of abjection, which occurs when that which is normally ignored, unacknowledged, or uncomfortable is exposed. I work with tensions between beauty and ugliness in my artworks in order to address these ideas. My drawings work on a microscopic and macroscopic scale, which addresses relationships between intimacy and distance. I work with fine detail on large pieces of paper, so the drawings are viewed both from up close and from afar. At a distance the drawings look like organic formations or topographies, but up close, the detail and volume of marks become prominent. Obsessive accumulation is also important; the multitude of various marks cannot be counted or comprehended, which references the notion of the sublime. The various elements of the drawings work together to create the feeling of an amorphous entity in the midst of uncertainty and change.
dc.format.mediumborn digital
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dc.identifierScheck_colostate_0053N_11745.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10217/79183
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartof2000-2019
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dc.subjectbiomorphic
dc.subjectsublime
dc.subjectobsessive
dc.subjectnature
dc.subjectdrawing
dc.subjectabject
dc.titleSurfaces of growth and decay, beauty and repulsion: addressing the abject and the sublime through drawings of the natural world
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thesis.degree.disciplineArt
thesis.degree.grantorColorado State University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)

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