This dissertation investigates the question of transcendence and its relevance to my picture-making .
process. The term 'transcendence' refers to any experience which surpasses the finite. In relation to the
art-making process it refers to an opening up of the frame. Transcendence is not regarded as a fixed and
unalterable state but as such that it encompasses paradox. The fragmentary nature of experience and"
knowledge provides the point of departure for this investigation.
The possibility of transcendence is partly explored through the concept of symbolic orders. I am using
the term 'symbolic orders' to refer to any frameworks which shape human experience in general and the
creative process specifically.
Upon exploring the concept of transcendence as concerns the work of a number of artists and insofar as it
has informed my own pictures it appears that there is a creative system pertaining to the artwork which is
transcendent. / Art History, Visual Arts and Musicology / M.A. (Fine Arts)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/17651 |
| Date | 11 1900 |
| Creators | Saad, Georgia |
| Contributors | Dietrich, Keith Hamilton, 1950-, Dreyer, Elfriede, 1953- |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Dissertation |
| Format | 1 online resource (xiii, 148 leaves) |
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