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Suddenly I Didn't Want to Die.pdf (2.16 MB)
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Suddenly, I Didn't Want to Die
Author Info
Deibel, Matthew JA
Permalink:
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1447960178
Abstract Details
Year and Degree
2015, MFA, Kent State University, College of the Arts / School of Art.
Abstract
Suddenly I Didn’t Want to Die is a visual documentation of an individual experiencing war. The body of work contains four sculptures, thematically connected that investigate the artist’s perspective from his involvement in the war in Iraq. Excerpts from his personal journal begin the thesis and help establish the psychological mindset he was in during the war and shortly after. Deibel explores his experiences through 3-Dimensional forms that help to visually explain personal struggle. The sculptures presented represent a timeline of events supporting each other’s cathartic references through visual cues. The works are all connected through one man’s experience but reach a broad audience through accessible, recognizable forms.
Committee
Isabel Farnsworth (Advisor)
Paul O'keeffe (Committee Chair)
Navjotika Kumar (Committee Member)
Gustav Medicus (Committee Member)
Pages
30 p.
Subject Headings
Armed Forces
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Art Criticism
;
Art History
;
Fine Arts
Keywords
sculpture
;
3D art
;
dog tags
;
personnel identification tags
;
barbed wire
;
cow dung
;
operation Iraqi freedom
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operation enduring freedom
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Marine Corps
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USMC
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veteran
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veteran artist
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war
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Iraq
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Afghanistan
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casualties
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catharsis
;
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Deibel, M. J. (2015).
Suddenly, I Didn't Want to Die
[Master's thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1447960178
APA Style (7th edition)
Deibel, Matthew.
Suddenly, I Didn't Want to Die.
2015. Kent State University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1447960178.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Deibel, Matthew. "Suddenly, I Didn't Want to Die." Master's thesis, Kent State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1447960178
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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