Emptiness as a visual strategy: an exploration of visual absence in contemporary art practice

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dc.contributor.advisorHo, King Tong
dc.contributor.advisorAntonczak, Laurent
dc.contributor.authorZhao, Yue Qu
dc.date.accessioned2009-02-09T03:10:49Z
dc.date.available2009-02-09T03:10:49Z
dc.date.copyright2009
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractThis project explores the idea of visual absence in relation to the notion of Chinese classical aesthetics of emptiness. The approaches is located in between representation and abstraction by combining the painting skills and expressions of Chinese Gong Bi [工笔] and Xie Yi [写意] with focuses on complementing visual clarity and obscurity. The aim of the research is to explore visual absence as a painting strategy in contemporary art practice, referring to the painting method of reduction, incompleteness and metaphor that extends the painting space and meaning through visual presence, thus unfurling an extended art form and creative strategy from Chinese classical aesthetics. The outcome is a series of paintings as an exploration in extending the Chinese painting aesthetics. This project is constituted of 80% practice-based work, accompanied by 20% exegesis in approximately 11,600 words as a complement.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10292/483
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAuckland University of Technology
dc.rights.accessrightsOpenAccess
dc.subjectPainting strategy
dc.subjectVisual transformation
dc.subjectInteraction of emptiness and fullness
dc.subjectArtistic intentions and enlightened imageries
dc.subjectReflection
dc.subjectTranscendency
dc.titleEmptiness as a visual strategy: an exploration of visual absence in contemporary art practice
dc.typeThesis
thesis.degree.grantorAuckland University of Technology
thesis.degree.levelMasters Theses
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts in Art and Design
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