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dc.contributor.authorMassard, Jessica
dc.date.accessioned2013-05-22 14:02:59 (GMT)
dc.date.available2013-05-22 14:02:59 (GMT)
dc.date.issued2013-05-22T14:02:59Z
dc.date.submitted2013
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10012/7537
dc.description.abstractPossibly, Maybe is an exhibition of polychromatic, process-based objects made out of acrylic paint. Working with and against the limits of the material, the paint is systematically cast, peeled, and stretched colour by colour transforming it into three-dimensional hybrid forms. The working process I devise is predetermined and regulated, yet the element of chance is integral to the work due to material constraints. I explore the sculptural potential and plasticity of a material traditionally used for painting. While acrylic is a relatively new material, designed to be durable and long lasting, the forms I create out of acrylic paint are vulnerable to climate, gravity, and time and therefore counter plastic’s perceived resilience. Possibly, Maybe looks within the marginalized and the failed of our everyday, and uses these as aesthetic elements, which can constitute contemporary cultural potential. Through an engagement with the fallibility of plastic, with the hybridity of artistic practice, and the excess, opulence, and decay of the Baroque, my work plays with the paradoxes and relationships between the high and the low, pure and impure, precious and throw-away, which I find are all elements that exemplify our contemporary culture.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUniversity of Waterlooen
dc.subjectacrylic painten
dc.subjectacrylic plasticen
dc.subjectcontemporary arten
dc.subjectcontemporary paintingen
dc.subjecthybrid arten
dc.subjecthybrid paintingen
dc.subjectBaroqueen
dc.subjectNeo Baroqueen
dc.subjectplasticen
dc.titlePossibly, Maybeen
dc.typeMaster Thesisen
dc.pendingfalseen
dc.subject.programStudio Arten
uws-etd.degree.departmentFine Artsen
uws-etd.degreeMaster of Fine Artsen
uws.typeOfResourceTexten
uws.peerReviewStatusUnrevieweden
uws.scholarLevelGraduateen


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