Abstract

This paper describes my interest in the artist’s multiple and the thesis body of work created in the exploration of them. I was especially interested in the relationship of individual components I could combine to form a singular object and how the resulting object had the ability to change through various methods of production and presentation. Also, in contrast to the idea that multiples are exact copies of each other I was interested in exploring the idea of the multiple being seen as an individual object.

My interest in history and collecting unique objects from the past have heavily influenced the development of this work. Often, those objects at one time had a utilitarian function, but now because a certain amount of time has passed the objects have taken on the role of artifact. They have become a precious object that can no longer be used for the purpose they were created. This is a quality that I find fascinating. As an artist I find myself collecting these objects at an astounding level. This obsession with collecting has a direct connection with my current interest in multiples.

The inspiration for this work came from many areas which include, but are not limited to the work of other artists, architects, graphic designers and specific periods of time when a certain visual aesthetic was highly valued, such as art nouveau, art deco, the arts and crafts movement, futurism, fluxus and modernism.

Library of Congress Subject Headings

Metal scupture; Multiple art

Publication Date

12-15-2015

Document Type

Thesis

Student Type

Graduate

Degree Name

Fine Arts Studio (MFA)

Department, Program, or Center

School of Art (CIAS)

Advisor

Elizabeth Kronfield

Advisor/Committee Member

Carol Fillip

Advisor/Committee Member

Glen Hintz

Comments

Physical copy available from RIT's Wallace Library at NB1220 .T44 2015

Campus

RIT – Main Campus

Plan Codes

FNAS-MFA

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