Date of Award
Spring 5-30-2019
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
Painting
First Advisor
Craig Taylor
Second Advisor
Jackie Gendel
Third Advisor
Roger White
Abstract
In this thesis I will discuss ideas of place, space and repurposing as they relate to my paintings. By tying these ideas back to specific hometown sites, I will trace the evolution of ideas back to their genesis to provide context for the aesthetics of the work. I reference the texts of Robert Smithson and Tim Cresswell, who wrote about transitive notions of place, as well as David Joselit, who’s “Painting Beside Itself” essay focused on painters concerned with the question of how painting enters a network. I hope to use these texts, in conjunction with personal descriptions of sites in Akron, to help articulate conceptions of the liminal or intermediary space I am after in my paintings and how they relate to contemporary life.
Recommended Citation
Prebonick, Nathan, "Where we are : where we thought we were going" (2019). Masters Theses. 349.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/masterstheses/349
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