• The fragility of knowledge 

    Erlinger, Curtis (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
    [ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] In this exhibition of assemblage sculpture works, I incorporate fragmented elements and light projectors to simultaneously convey an objectification ...
  • Land of the American condition 

    Pena, Nicholas, 1978- (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
    [ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] While there has always been separation between the "ideal" family and the dynamics of real family relationships, since the 1960's American culture has ...
  • Mistaking artifice for reality 

    Dowd, Jenny Kistner (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
    Collections have somber implications. The context imposed onto objects that have been elevated and isolated to the status of a collection is a manufactured one. Commonplace, temporal or captivating objects are relegated ...
  • Pottery: art as relationship 

    Moore, Fergus P., 1963- (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
    This thesis asserts that pottery is art because of the relationships people form with it. These formations occur on three levels. The first is the human response to the form of the pot. In this case a cup and a plate serve ...