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A seven-letter word for art
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] In our limiting of cognition, we deny the full spectrum of the mind. We disavow the existence of aberrant thoughts towards the ends of anonymous ...
Mistaking artifice for reality
(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 ...
Understanding gay cultures
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2004)
Perceptions of gay culture have changed dramatically over the last century. Before the Stonewall Riots of 1969, mainstream society chose not to acknowledge the existence of a gay sub-culture. The photographic works of ...
Pottery: art as relationship
(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 ...
The fragility of knowledge
(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
(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 ...
Banal : sculptural meditations on the unfamiliar
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This creative research is about filtering my own displaced experience, of being part of the Filipino Diaspora. With Judeo-Christian spirituality as ...
The isolation of Western society from the revelations of nature
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
My people have become disconnected from Nature. I live in Western society, which is a monetary-based, globalizing, technological empire that is occupying many of the world's cultures and quickly absorbing the rest. Western ...
Bite the hands that feed you : retrieving material discourse from industrial culture
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] My sculpture uses industrial practices, drawing from material traditions in furniture and architecture to delve into areas of conflict between nature, ...
State of flux
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This thesis is a formal discussion of the conceptual elements within the body of work presented in my MFA Thesis Exhibition: State of Flux. The works ...
Battle Folds
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Narratives in the superhero genre and daily periodicals shaped and reflect the brainwashing I experienced during my formative years in the Marine Corps. ...
The mass of solitude
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
Weathering, metamorphosis, heat, and tectonics are forces that form and transform the earth. Over millennia, these methods of abrasion construct captivating structures out of ubiquitous materials. I reference rock landscapes ...
Musica Universalis : the pursuit of pure abstraction
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
The thesis exhibition, Musica Universalis, is a multi-sensory exhibition comprised of experimental weavings on deconstructed found pianos, systematic drawings, and paper scroll music boxes. The music boxes allow the viewer ...
"I saw the striped couch"
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] When an image is repeated enough times, it begins to leave an impression in the subconscious of our mind. Advertisers have been able to utilize this ...
G. Raff, spotted in the forest
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
In order to visualize the internal struggle that happens when loss is experienced and grief takes hold, I blend the epic narrative of the hero's journey, puppetry, theatrical performance, and cast-paper sculptures into a ...
Ego trip
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
My exhibition, entitled Ego Trip, was an attempt to explore the concepts of biological destiny, productivity, and gender roles through the lens of feminist and queer theory. This lens was focused on the myth of Narcissus, ...
Ruinscape : archetpyes of form and spirit
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
The megalithic architecture of many cultures throughout history share a continuity of form language that is archetypal, and therefore independent of distance or location. I am interested in the distinct sense of the ...
Beyond sight
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
Beyond Sight highlights the research, personal experiences, and conceptual underpinnings that inform Caleb McMurry's artwork in his homonymous Master of Fine Arts thesis exhibition. Personally informative and subjective ...
& the dynamo
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
The artworks within & The Dynamo combine the visual histories of cartography, landscape painting, infographics and systems based abstraction to evaluate the industrial complexes and infrastructure that make up the contemporary ...
Forestria
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
In the human imagination, the forest has functioned as the stage of myth and folktale, and as a place where we can both seek shelter and fear for our lives. Even though the forest has been such an integral part of human ...