Type
Text
Type
Thesis
Advisor
Pindell, Howardena | Pekarsky, Melvin H | Silverman, Hugh J
Date
2012-05-01
Keywords
Fine arts--Philosophy--Philosophy of Religion
Department
Department of Studio Art
Language
en_US
Source
This work is sponsored by the Stony Brook University Graduate School in compliance with the requirements for completion of degree.
Identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/11401/71262
Publisher
The Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY.
Format
application/pdf
Abstract
This thesis is a tying together of literary, philosophical, art historical, and personal cords into a cohesive and in-depth investigation of my recent work. This chronological study of my more mature or realized works from the past three years is broken down into three principal areas of focus: sculptural installations, video installations and drawings. After establishing a personal and philosophical foundation, the architectonic, theatrical, cinematic and physiological structures represented in these works are addressed with regard to formal and conceptual concerns. I address the transition of my identity as a painter to that of an artist working with video installation and large-scale drawings. This concept of existing between contrasting states of being has become a recurring fixture in my recent work. This place of transition is revealed as a working-through or visual investigation of the relationship between theatricality, death, politics and religion. A primary point of philosophical reference is the work of Merleau-Ponty and his concepts of visibility and a lived body consciousness. Additional philosophical works from Gilles Deleuze and Jean-Francois Lyotard are cited in relation to my art making process. Diverse literary and art historical references and sources are also cited, from El Greco's The Burial of Count Orgaz to Melville's Moby Dick, from Didier Maleuvre to Copley's Watson and the Shark. | 57 pages
Recommended Citation
Hess, Daniel Lawrence, "Between Death and the Grave: Constructing a Setting for the Event of the Question." (2012). Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions). 468.
https://commons.library.stonybrook.edu/stony-brook-theses-and-dissertations-collection/468