Date of Award
5-2018
Document Type
Thesis
College
College of Visual and Performing Arts
Degree Program
Fine Arts
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Thesis Advisor
Shaun Cassidy
Committee Member
Stacey Davidson
Committee Member
Karen Stock
Keywords
Sculpture, Installation, Steel, Surrealism, Minimalism, Found object
Abstract
This thesis statement will explore connections between my work and contemporary artists and its references to art movements including Minimalism, Dada and Surrealism, and Installation art. My thesis work explores the metaphors of current social and political constructs that seem to operate properly, but in reality, do not. My intention is to juxtapose constructed and found fragments of mixed media in such a way as to subvert their traditional associations in order to encourage viewers to question reality. My relationship to the materials and interest in the process are as important to me as the final product. No single piece of the entire installation is meant to be a stand-alone object and as such, each arrangement differs depending on the space and moment in time of creation.
Recommended Citation
Frasier, Mark Tyler, "Things That Don't Work: an Exploration in Sculpture and Installation" (2018). Graduate Theses. 80.
https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/graduatetheses/80