Year of Award
2016
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Type
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Degree Name
Art
Other Degree Name/Area of Focus
Studio Art/ Printmaking
Department or School/College
School of Art
Committee Chair
Elizabeth Dove
Commitee Members
Matt Hamon Valerie Hedquist David Schuldberg
Keywords
printmaking, sculpture, time, death, post minimalism, minimalism
Publisher
University of Montana
Subject Categories
Art and Design | Art Practice | Fine Arts | Printmaking | Sculpture
Abstract
cold lapse addresses the abstract notions of time and loss while conveying the value of observing the present. The postmodern view of time, the grid’s vernacular, and the aesthetics of postminimalism are my foundation for communicating time’s passage and its consequential sensations of absence. The duration of a slow drip, the cycle of breath and the sequential motion of a hand folding paper each mark passing moments. By observing these signs the phenomenon of time may be appreciated. Care and ephemerality in the work require the viewer’s sensitivity when encountering and witnessing it, much like the demands of observing the present. The tension between the materials themselves and their overtly aestheticized display demonstrates my desire for control over the uncontrollable. The uncontrollable is synonymous with the work’s continuous themes: time and its value, and loss and its inevitability.
Recommended Citation
Jones, Tressa, "cold lapse" (2016). Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers. 10806.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/10806
© Copyright 2016 Tressa Jones