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Body in the Landscape of the Mind

Biederman, Angela L.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1461593111

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2016, MFA, Kent State University, College of the Arts / School of Art.
Body in the Landscape of the Mind was an exhibition comprised of eight sculptures that explored the dependent and binary relationships of the body and mind as tangible couples. For each piece, one component referenced or responded to the body as an abstract or hybridized rendering of it. The second component was my translation of the qualities of different thoughts into various sculptural objects, which were largely guided by forms and features found in the natural world. Using ceramics, clay, mixed media, and found objects, I created pairs that became metaphors for growth and decay, deterioration and regeneration, containment and non-containment, balanced interdependence, and mutability of form. Ultimately, these works are the result of deliberating the human condition and our existence. Envisioning, dissecting and relating our most fundamental sources - the body, the mind, and nature - was my way of attempting to find commonality and interrelatedness among their features and capabilities.
Peter Johnson, M.F.A. (Advisor)
Janice Lessman-Moss, M.F.A. (Committee Member)
Gianna Commito, M.F.A. (Committee Member)
41 p.
Fine Arts
Fine art; visual art; ceramic art; ceramics; sculpture; clay; mixed media; found objects in art; postwar art; Magdalena Abakanowicz; Louise Bourgeois; Lee Bontecou; Kent State Ceramics; Kent State Ceramics Graduate Program; Angela L Biederman

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  • Biederman, A. L. (2016). Body in the Landscape of the Mind [Master's thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1461593111

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Biederman, Angela. Body in the Landscape of the Mind. 2016. Kent State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1461593111.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Biederman, Angela. "Body in the Landscape of the Mind." Master's thesis, Kent State University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1461593111

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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