A wounded surface : dissolving the human form

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dc.contributor.advisorMacKenny, Virginiaen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorPalte, Laurenen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-04T14:44:07Z
dc.date.available2015-01-04T14:44:07Z
dc.date.issued2011en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes abstract.en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (p. 103-110).en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis text offers an exploration into painting and metaphysical states of being and provides a framework for the reception of my body of work submitted for an MFA degree. In this project I am concerned with the translation of personal experiences to a canvas marked with oil paint. The experiences engage memories and stories mined from my family photographs, while also located in an experience of illness in my own body. Rather than directly illustrate these events, I have engaged with associated emotional states, such as feelings of loss, fear and uncertainty. My concerns are expressed either through fragmented or dismembered painted figures, or are engaged through the medium's materiality, explored and evoked through the visual and visceral qualities of a painted surface. An important part of my reading on carefully posed groups in formal family photographs is Marianne Hirsch's Family Frames: Photography. Narrative and Post memory (1997). Gathered at symbolic rites of passage, the family photograph offers ideal images of certitude, of familial togetherness and of happiness. In this body of work I reject the appearance of stability and search my family photographs for traces of ambivalent and unsettled bodily or emotional experiences.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationPalte, L. (2011). <i>A wounded surface : dissolving the human form</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Michaelis School of Fine Art. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11299en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationPalte, Lauren. <i>"A wounded surface : dissolving the human form."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Michaelis School of Fine Art, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11299en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationPalte, L. 2011. A wounded surface : dissolving the human form. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Palte, Lauren AB - This text offers an exploration into painting and metaphysical states of being and provides a framework for the reception of my body of work submitted for an MFA degree. In this project I am concerned with the translation of personal experiences to a canvas marked with oil paint. The experiences engage memories and stories mined from my family photographs, while also located in an experience of illness in my own body. Rather than directly illustrate these events, I have engaged with associated emotional states, such as feelings of loss, fear and uncertainty. My concerns are expressed either through fragmented or dismembered painted figures, or are engaged through the medium's materiality, explored and evoked through the visual and visceral qualities of a painted surface. An important part of my reading on carefully posed groups in formal family photographs is Marianne Hirsch's Family Frames: Photography. Narrative and Post memory (1997). Gathered at symbolic rites of passage, the family photograph offers ideal images of certitude, of familial togetherness and of happiness. In this body of work I reject the appearance of stability and search my family photographs for traces of ambivalent and unsettled bodily or emotional experiences. DA - 2011 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2011 T1 - A wounded surface : dissolving the human form TI - A wounded surface : dissolving the human form UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11299 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/11299
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationPalte L. A wounded surface : dissolving the human form. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Michaelis School of Fine Art, 2011 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11299en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentMichaelis School of Fine Arten_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherFine Artsen_ZA
dc.titleA wounded surface : dissolving the human formen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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dc.type.qualificationnameMFAen_ZA
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