Thesis
(N+1)2: the romantic binaries of art and science
Washington State University
Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Washington State University
2019
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/105552
Abstract
Art does not exist within a vacuum, it exists within the world around it and is influenced accordingly. This body of work can be best understood as an exploration of the conjuncture between painting and sculpture and Scientific Explorations. Modernism's Dimensionist movement of the early twentieth century blurred the line between Art and Science for generations of artists to come. The Dimensionists drew upon the scientific advances of their time and created artwork based on our specie's altered perspectives due to new theories explaining the cosmos. Charles Sirató, the Hungarian poet who wrote the Dimensionist Manifesto in 1936, simplified what these artists were creating by the equation (N+1). "N" represents the artist's medium while the "+1" pushes that medium to the next dimension. This concept has continued to evolve through the decades of contemporary art with such artists as Tomás Saraceno and Grace Weir. My work visually explores this legacy of artistic questions surrounding space, time, and two and three-dimensional planes with multiple mediums, while contextualizing similar ideas in our present world.
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Details
- Title
- (N+1)2
- Creators
- Dustin Marvin Regul
- Contributors
- Michael Holloman (Degree Supervisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Fine Arts, Department of
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; [Pullman, Washington] :
- Identifiers
- 99900525369101842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis