Landscape as Symbol
| dc.contributor.advisor | Pinder, Jefferson | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Sykes, Brian Harrison | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Art | en_US |
| dc.contributor.publisher | Digital Repository at the University of Maryland | en_US |
| dc.contributor.publisher | University of Maryland (College Park, Md.) | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2007-06-22T05:39:14Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2007-06-22T05:39:14Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2007-05-17 | |
| dc.description.abstract | I see my work as intentionally mistaken metaphors about the rural/suburban American landscape. Infecting burlap sacks of tobacco leaves with vinyl siding within the privileged frame of the gallery, I create a catalyst for multivalent readings and multiple meanings. Wrapping straw bales with Wal-Mart brand plastic wrap creates a new object-a simulated product generated from the dialectical material interaction of the suburban/agricultural and the agricultural/suburban. These aforementioned materials act as visual metaphors that could easily be mistaken for metallic forms or plastic rope. This visual slippage allows for a pseudo-narrative to wind its way through the work. The hope is that the works that I create act as reflective symbols to an audience, who I believe at their core are symbol-mongers, while at the same time presenting an everydayness. This everydayness would be like the smell of Sunday dinner in the living room. | en_US |
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| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1903/6994 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.subject.pqcontrolled | Fine Arts | en_US |
| dc.title | Landscape as Symbol | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
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