Toward the Open Lattice: Ibram Lassaw within Abstract Expressionist Sculpture, 1945-1953
| dc.contributor.advisor | Simmons, Sherwin | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Taylor, Sarah | en_US |
| dc.creator | Taylor, Sarah | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-10-26T04:02:35Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-10-26T04:02:35Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This thesis focuses on Ibram Lassaw's open-lattice works by first discussing works from 1945 to 1950 to outline the conceptual and formal themes that contributed to the later style. The open-lattice form presents a complicated interplay between geometric and biomorphic forms, heaviness and lightness, tangibility and remoteness, and openness--which creates a partial boundary whereby the viewer is able to visually penetrate the form, while still being removed bodily. This thesis attempts to root Lassaw's open-lattice works and his metallic accretion process within the Abstract Expressionism movement by comparing the similar bodily experience of viewing Lassaw's works to those of Jackson Pollock's, for example, with a focused attention on material characteristics. This embodied approach offers a new and highly-appropriate language by which to discuss Lassaw's textural open-lattice works. A video of Lassaw's sculpting process is included with this thesis as a supplemental file. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1794/12410 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | University of Oregon | en_US |
| dc.rights | All Rights Reserved. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Abstract | en_US |
| dc.subject | Abstract Expressionism | en_US |
| dc.subject | Ibram Lassaw | en_US |
| dc.subject | Kwannon | en_US |
| dc.subject | open lattice | en_US |
| dc.subject | Sculpture | en_US |
| dc.title | Toward the Open Lattice: Ibram Lassaw within Abstract Expressionist Sculpture, 1945-1953 | en_US |
| dc.type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation | en_US |
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