Magical realism and subjective reality : an investigation of poetic symbolism and the development of related sculptures

Master Thesis

1995

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Dickerson, Brendhan Bailie
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Arnott, Bruce
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University of Cape Town

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Michaelis School of Fine Art
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Faculty of Humanities
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Abstract
To meet the requirements for the Master of Fine Art degree at the University of Cape Town my intention was to develop a series of sculptural assemblages which address a sense of subjective or poetic reality, using symbolically resonant found and fabricated objects. The body of work is to be understood as a sculptural parallel to (but not illustrative of) Magical Realist literature, in which arcane phenomena are incorporated into a narrative in order to achieve just such a sense of subjective reality.
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Bibliography: leaves 58-62.

Keywords
Magic realism (Art)
Sculpture, South African

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Dickerson, B. 1995. Magical realism and subjective reality : an investigation of poetic symbolism and the development of related sculptures. University of Cape Town.

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