Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Roussos, Meg

Titel

BLAZE

Ort / Verlag

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses

Erscheinungsjahr

2019

Link zum Volltext

• ProQuest

Quelle

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses A&I

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The photographer discusses her work in “BLAZE,” a Master of Fine Arts thesis exhibit held at the Tipton Gallery from September 16th through October 4th, 2019. The exhibition consists of 11 archival inkjet prints, two photographic artist books, a nine-channel video installation, representing the artist’s exploration of how to experience the landscape. Using non-traditional approaches to photographic imagery, experimental exhibition layout, the artist forms questions around themes of walking, landscape, and spirituality. Among these themes is an investigation into sculptural land art installations represented through photographic documentation. A catalog of the exhibit is included at the end of this thesis.Roussos examines formal and conceptual influences throughout historical and contemporary artists. Non-photographic influences include: the paintings of Caspar David Friedrich; literary works of Rebecca Solnit and Alexandra David-Neel; immersive artists, Nancy Holt and Hamish Fulton. Historic and contemporary photographic influences include: Carleton Watkins, Todd Tido, Christina Seely, Awoiska van der Molen, and Thomas Flechtner.