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The Militant Gardener

Stewart, Austin M.

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2012, Master of Fine Arts, Ohio State University, Art.
Art actions, objects, writing, documents and installations are the forms used to examine human nature through the lenses of ecological crises and militancy. The artwork attempts to sharpen the viewer’s awareness of social mechanics of our species and challenge the viewer to consider solutions to seemingly intractable disputes that mesh well with our nature. The inherently dangerous nature of many of the works makes them impossible for an audience to experience directly in a gallery. The desire to present them as living works of art in a gallery, in contrast to documentation of a past event, required a re-examination of the relationship between the object and its documentation. I have come to the conclusion that all of the ephemera – videos, writing, flyers, performances – create a world for the art object and allow for communication between the world of the art object and our world.
Amy Youngs, MFA (Advisor)
Matthew Lewis, PhD (Committee Member)
Kenneth Rinaldo, MFA (Committee Member)
40 p.

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  • Stewart, A. M. (2012). The Militant Gardener [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1339586615

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Stewart, Austin. The Militant Gardener. 2012. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1339586615.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Stewart, Austin. "The Militant Gardener." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1339586615

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)