The Unknowability of Things

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dc.contributor.advisorBoberg, Ingrid
dc.contributor.advisorMcIntyre, Simon
dc.contributor.authorDeans, Esther
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-07T02:25:21Z
dc.date.available2020-02-07T02:25:21Z
dc.date.copyright2020
dc.date.issued2020
dc.date.updated2020-02-07T00:25:42Z
dc.description.abstractMy research explores ways in which the fragmentary aspects of memory, loss and uncertainty can be conveyed through representational painting. It began as an attempt to articulate visual memories of an old family home, damaged in the Christchurch earthquakes; I wanted to explore the fragile nature of these memories, and the nostalgia they evoked. This thesis therefore examines how techniques of representational painting can be used to convey the ambiguous and shifting nature of memory and perception. In parallel with my painting practice, I explore the theoretical contexts of ruins and New Romanticism, and these provide a framework within which to situate my work. Broader concerns that I had around climate change, and readings in literature also filtered into my painted work. My methodology is wholly practice-led: individual paintings spark conversations or open new territories that lead to the next aesthetic or philosophical idea. As I painted, my concerns broadened to encompass social questions of the relation between built structures, nature, and time.en_NZ
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10292/13126
dc.language.isoenen_NZ
dc.publisherAuckland University of Technology
dc.rights.accessrightsOpenAccess
dc.subjectPaintingen_NZ
dc.subjectNeoromanticismen_NZ
dc.subjectRepresentational Arten_NZ
dc.subjectFigurative Arten_NZ
dc.subjectPerceptionen_NZ
dc.subjectRomancticismen_NZ
dc.subjectContemporary Paintingen_NZ
dc.titleThe Unknowability of Thingsen_NZ
dc.typeExegesisen_NZ
thesis.degree.grantorAuckland University of Technology
thesis.degree.levelMasters Theses
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Visual Artsen_NZ
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