Date of Award
Spring 5-30-2020
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
Furniture
First Advisor
Patricia Johnson
Second Advisor
Douglas Borkman
Third Advisor
Gong Tang & Jianyun Wu
Abstract
Selection of furniture is a very personal thing. Its scale and social attributes also determine that it is rarely sent as a gift. So, it seems to me, that furniture belongs to the category of personal goods, which is a concept worth pondering. What kind of relationship do these mere worldly possessions, these so called "mine" things, whether these are vehicles, houses, furniture, clothes or accessories, have with us? When we say the word "mine", it is a self-definition with confident possessiveness and the free extension of this definition in choice? Or is it a instinctive behavior that you need to put yourself in a category or group as soon as you feel insecure? Haizi, a Chinese poet, said, "I want to be a loyal son of the distance, and a transientlover of materiality." We will all die, so we are all transient lovers of matter
Recommended Citation
Liu, Kainan, "Kainan Liu" (2020). Masters Theses. 526.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/masterstheses/526
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