Fallen things: delineating veil-wound-womb through sculptural practice

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dc.contributor.advisorLangerman, Fritha
dc.contributor.advisorVan Der Schijff, Johann
dc.contributor.authorChambers, Kerry Lee Maria
dc.date.accessioned2025-11-06T12:31:18Z
dc.date.available2025-11-06T12:31:18Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.date.updated2025-11-06T12:28:03Z
dc.description.abstractFallen things is an exhibition of sculptural objects and accompanying text that investigates how the overlapping motifs of veil-wound-womb can articulate fragility and the erotic in sculptural practice. This research draws from Christian iconographic traditions of the contact relic and vera icon, Surrealist object theory, and the generative potential of the matrixial effect to examine how these conceptual and practical motifs manifest in contemporary artistic practices. Using a wide range of source images in the written component and working with casting, carving and assemblage; I explore how gravity, temporal moments of contact, and subtle material juxtapositions cultivate a tactile dialogue between materiality and form. Nestled in the grey area between abstraction and figuration, and drawing on Barbara Baert's analysis of material tensions between cloth and skin, wound and womb, material and psychological; this body of work delineates a sculptural practice that is associative and intuitive, evoking surfaces that hover between exterior and interior.
dc.identifier.apacitationChambers, K. L. M. (2025). <i>Fallen things: delineating veil-wound-womb through sculptural practice</i>. (). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Michaelis School of Fine Art. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42131en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationChambers, Kerry Lee Maria. <i>"Fallen things: delineating veil-wound-womb through sculptural practice."</i> ., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Michaelis School of Fine Art, 2025. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42131en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationChambers, K.L.M. 2025. Fallen things: delineating veil-wound-womb through sculptural practice. . University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Michaelis School of Fine Art. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42131en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Chambers, Kerry Lee Maria AB - Fallen things is an exhibition of sculptural objects and accompanying text that investigates how the overlapping motifs of veil-wound-womb can articulate fragility and the erotic in sculptural practice. This research draws from Christian iconographic traditions of the contact relic and vera icon, Surrealist object theory, and the generative potential of the matrixial effect to examine how these conceptual and practical motifs manifest in contemporary artistic practices. Using a wide range of source images in the written component and working with casting, carving and assemblage; I explore how gravity, temporal moments of contact, and subtle material juxtapositions cultivate a tactile dialogue between materiality and form. Nestled in the grey area between abstraction and figuration, and drawing on Barbara Baert's analysis of material tensions between cloth and skin, wound and womb, material and psychological; this body of work delineates a sculptural practice that is associative and intuitive, evoking surfaces that hover between exterior and interior. DA - 2025 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Fine art KW - Sculptural practice LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2025 T1 - Fallen things: delineating veil-wound-womb through sculptural practice TI - Fallen things: delineating veil-wound-womb through sculptural practice UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42131 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/42131
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationChambers KLM. Fallen things: delineating veil-wound-womb through sculptural practice. []. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Michaelis School of Fine Art, 2025 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42131en_ZA
dc.language.isoen
dc.language.rfc3066eng
dc.publisher.departmentMichaelis School of Fine Art
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanities
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subjectFine art
dc.subjectSculptural practice
dc.titleFallen things: delineating veil-wound-womb through sculptural practice
dc.typeThesis / Dissertation
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
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