Ceramics has always existed on the fringes of craft and high art. The purpose of this
thesis project is to elevate clay beyond the traditions of craft by examining the historical use of
clay and the everyday object. My research looks specifically at works by Marcel Duchamp, Andy
Warhol, Jeff Koons and Jasper Johns in order to examine the origin of displaying the massproduced
object and reflecting upon it’s validity as high status art object. In this project I am also
interested in infrastructural systems within modern architecture-- plumbing, wiring, heat ducts
vents-- with a specific focus on systems lurking inside walls and how these function to influence
architectural space. With the advent of modern plumbing, concealing these elements was
adopted as the new standard and still exists today. Through the presentation of defamiliarized
handmade objects, my exhibition presents the appearance of manufactured material through the
serial manipulation of scale, surface and quantity. The result reveals a clay piece that renders the
material unrecognizable providing the viewer with a new view on the object's tradition. / v, 47 leaves : ill. ; 29 cm
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:ALU.w.uleth.ca/dspace#10133/3393 |
| Date | January 2012 |
| Creators | Porcina, Mark |
| Contributors | Campbell, Michael |
| Publisher | Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Art, c2012, Arts and Science, Department of Art |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | en_CA |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Relation | Thesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Fine Arts) |
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