Ways of Seeing: Exploring the Intersection of Representation and Abstraction in a Contemporary Oil Painting Practice
| dc.contributor.author | McKee, Roxanne Rebecca | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-09-18T18:06:40Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-09-18T18:06:40Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013-11 | |
| dc.description | 47 pages. A thesis presented to the Department of Art and the Clark Honors College of the University of Oregon in partial fulfillment of the requirements for degree of Bachelor of Arts, Fall 2013. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | This portfolio thesis seeks to better understand the relationship between abstraction and representation in oil painting. To do so I researched past schools of thought that continue to hold influence, beginning with Greenberg's views on modernism. I also considered select contemporary artists who contend with both aesthetics in their work. Most significantly, I created a collection of oil paintings to explore my research questions and resolve the rift in how I used abstraction and representation in my own work. As art critic Terry Myers discusses, today's artistic climate embraces coalition, which is what I aimed to foster in my own artistic practice through this undertaking. This thesis contributes insight on the creative process as well as a new collection of oil paintings that furthers my personal growth as an artist and addresses a topical question in the field of contemporary painting. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1794/18268 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | University of Oregon | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | University of Oregon thesis, Dept. of Art, Honors College, B.A., 2013; | |
| dc.rights | All Rights Reserved. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Abstraction | en_US |
| dc.subject | Representation | en_US |
| dc.subject | Fine arts | en_US |
| dc.subject | Oil painting | en_US |
| dc.subject | Creative thesis | en_US |
| dc.subject | Mary Heilmann | en_US |
| dc.title | Ways of Seeing: Exploring the Intersection of Representation and Abstraction in a Contemporary Oil Painting Practice | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis / Dissertation | en_US |