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Innate Materiality

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2011, BA, Kent State University, College of the Arts / School of Art.
I am fascinated by simple, remarkable, natural processes, like a puddle that has gathered in the sidewalk, colorful fungi that grow and multiply, and tide pools that flourish with life at low tide. I focus on these often-overlooked occurrences to create a language of colors, shapes, forms, and processes in order to construct abstract works of art that resemble organic, natural spaces. Each painting shrinks, magnifies, or modifies natural places in our world. This thesis is my investigation of the natural environment with which we coexist, but frequently neglect. It is my wish that viewers experience these paintings as momentary escapes or pauses away from the busy chaos of everyday life. This body of work includes a variety of different processes and materials to create a sense of wonder and beauty in order to achieve a similar quietness and stillness that nature has to offer us. My honors thesis is done in conjunction with my senior project, Innate Materiality, which consists of eleven works, and a body of writing that categorizes the work to expand upon and further explain the paintings.
Gianna Commito (Advisor)
Gustave Medicus (Committee Member)
Isabel Farnsworth (Committee Member)
Juliann Dorff (Committee Member)
37 p.

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  • Bachtel, A. (2011). Innate Materiality [Undergraduate thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1304282952

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Bachtel, April. Innate Materiality. 2011. Kent State University, Undergraduate thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1304282952.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Bachtel, April. "Innate Materiality." Undergraduate thesis, Kent State University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1304282952

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)