Uncertain Memory
dc.contributor.author | Murawski, Veronica | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-06-24 19:31:33 (GMT) | |
dc.date.available | 2016-06-24 19:31:33 (GMT) | |
dc.date.issued | 2016-06-24 | |
dc.date.submitted | 2016-06-16 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10012/10568 | |
dc.description.abstract | "Uncertain Memory" features a series of figurative oil paintings on canvas and paper inspired by photographs from my family archive. My paintings are developed in stages; beginning with a process of mining and selecting specific images, which are then manipulated before being translated into paintings as works on paper or canvas. I focus primarily on female figures as I search for a sense of strangeness within each image as well as an uncertainty about the figure’s actions or whereabouts in the scene. I am drawn to ambiguity as a means of exploring relationships between past and present, reflecting a personal need to establish a sense of identity and understanding of my family’s past, as well as examining the universal and intimate relationship we have to photographic images. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | University of Waterloo | en |
dc.subject | painting | en |
dc.subject | figure | en |
dc.subject | oil painting | en |
dc.subject | figurative | en |
dc.subject | memory | en |
dc.subject | Veronica Murawski | en |
dc.subject | MFA | en |
dc.subject | the punctum | en |
dc.subject | photo-images | en |
dc.subject | photography | en |
dc.subject | Gerhard Richter | en |
dc.subject | Painters of Modern Life | en |
dc.subject | portrait | en |
dc.subject | Post War Painting | en |
dc.subject | New European Painting | en |
dc.subject | canvas | en |
dc.subject | the family gaze | en |
dc.subject | the tourist gaze | en |
dc.subject | gaze | en |
dc.subject | female | en |
dc.subject | analog | en |
dc.subject | archives | en |
dc.subject | art | en |
dc.subject | Master of Fine Arts | en |
dc.subject | Marlene Dumas | en |
dc.subject | Elizabeth Peyton | en |
dc.subject | Uncertain Memory | en |
dc.subject | past | en |
dc.subject | nostalgia | en |
dc.subject | longing | en |
dc.subject | technique | en |
dc.subject | contemporary art | en |
dc.subject | painting photographs | en |
dc.subject | image | en |
dc.subject | images | en |
dc.subject | sensation | en |
dc.subject | time | en |
dc.subject | realism | en |
dc.subject | narrative | en |
dc.subject | family history | en |
dc.subject | amateur photography | en |
dc.subject | collection | en |
dc.subject | european | en |
dc.subject | studio art | en |
dc.subject | identity | en |
dc.subject | women | en |
dc.subject | photographs | en |
dc.title | Uncertain Memory | en |
dc.type | Master Thesis | en |
dc.pending | false | |
uws-etd.degree.department | Fine Arts | en |
uws-etd.degree.discipline | Fine Arts (Studio Art) | en |
uws-etd.degree.grantor | University of Waterloo | en |
uws-etd.degree | Master of Fine Arts | en |
uws.contributor.advisor | Kirton, Doug | |
uws.contributor.advisor | Cluett, Cora | |
uws.contributor.affiliation1 | Faculty of Arts | en |
uws.published.city | Waterloo | en |
uws.published.country | Canada | en |
uws.published.province | Ontario | en |
uws.typeOfResource | Text | en |
uws.peerReviewStatus | Unreviewed | en |
uws.scholarLevel | Graduate | en |