Date of Graduation

5-2015

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Fine Arts in Art (MFA)

Degree Level

Graduate

Department

Art

Advisor/Mentor

Musgnug, Kristin A.

Committee Member

Walls, Alissa A.

Second Committee Member

Meers, Matt

Third Committee Member

King, Sam

Keywords

Communication and the arts; Drawing; Installation; Memory; Narrative; Original artwork; Sculpture

Abstract

The MFA thesis exhibition titled, What's Left Over, is comprised of a series of drawings as well as a large painted sculptural installation assembled as a child's fantasy world. The work explores the roots of creativity through the lens of childhood play by assembling an invented world named Lola. By exploring the relationship between the real and the imaginary, the work manifests childhood memories into a form that can be studied and better understood. Lola is an elaborate but clearly handmade world that explores an unresolved past.

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