I am not a ceramicist

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dc.contributor.authorPorcina, Mark
dc.contributor.supervisorCampbell, Michael
dc.date.accessioned2014-04-11T19:48:21Z
dc.date.available2014-04-11T19:48:21Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.degree.levelMasters
dc.descriptionv, 47 leaves : ill. ; 29 cmen_US
dc.description.abstractCeramics has always existed on the fringes of craft and high art. The purpose of this thesis project is to elevate clay beyond the traditions of craft by examining the historical use of clay and the everyday object. My research looks specifically at works by Marcel Duchamp, Andy Warhol, Jeff Koons and Jasper Johns in order to examine the origin of displaying the massproduced object and reflecting upon it’s validity as high status art object. In this project I am also interested in infrastructural systems within modern architecture-- plumbing, wiring, heat ducts vents-- with a specific focus on systems lurking inside walls and how these function to influence architectural space. With the advent of modern plumbing, concealing these elements was adopted as the new standard and still exists today. Through the presentation of defamiliarized handmade objects, my exhibition presents the appearance of manufactured material through the serial manipulation of scale, surface and quantity. The result reveals a clay piece that renders the material unrecognizable providing the viewer with a new view on the object's tradition.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/3393
dc.language.isoen_CAen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Art, c2012en_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Arten_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Fine Arts)en_US
dc.subjectDuchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968 -- Criticism and interpretationen_US
dc.subjectWarhol, Andy, 1928-1987 -- Criticism and interpretationen_US
dc.subjectKoons, Jeff, 1955 - -- Criticism and interpretationen_US
dc.subjectJohns, Jasper,|d1930- -- Criticism and interpretationen_US
dc.subjectCeramicsen_US
dc.subjectClayen_US
dc.subjectManufacturesen_US
dc.subjectArt objectsen_US
dc.subjectDissertations, Academicen_US
dc.titleI am not a ceramicisten_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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