Sponsor
Portland State University. Department of Art and Architecture
First Advisor
Louis B. Ocepek
Term of Graduation
Fall 1973
Date of Publication
1973
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
Art
Language
English
Subjects
Art -- Abstract, Painting -- American
DOI
10.15760/etd.1591
Physical Description
1 online resource (2,28, [1] pages)
Abstract
This thesis project consists of seven pairs of acrylic paintings on canvas. The compositions are arrangements of flat, straight-edged, geometric shapes. The entire surface of each is considered positive, and each shape has a structural relationship to the framing edge of the canvas. Color ideas and surface qualities vary from pair to pair. The works were paired for the sake of (A) emphasizing the object quality of the canvases and their flat, wall-like surfaces, (B) diminishing the immediacy of any single image so that the viewer's attention tends to be focused on the whole rather than on parts, and (C) allowing variations on a theme to be made.
These paintings refer to nothing outside themselves. The content of the works resides in their formal equilibrium.
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Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/10942
Recommended Citation
Johnson, Anne Griffin, "Seven Pairs" (1973). Dissertations and Theses. Paper 1595.
https://doi.org/10.15760/etd.1591
