Collage is presented as an allegoric art-form sui generis, considering allegory
itself as an open-ended form of art.
The research provides a suggestion to a different understanding of collage i.e.:
as a catalyst for a search for structure and semiotic relationships in an attempt to
overcome a constant disordered expansion of an intertextual web and hermeneutic
possibilities; and as an open work, providing multi-layered meanings. As an open
work collage is typified by the prominent role of its "readers", its ambiguity and
the infinite net of references it summons.
Collage may be conceived as a bridge between modernism and postmodernism,
structuralism and post-structuralism; as a model for constant innovation and
suppleness; as a stimulator for meta-artistic questions, acceptance of "soft"
universals and reevaluation of the role of the Other within an artwork.
Works by Jasper Johns, Michal Na'aman, Dina Hoffman and myself exemplify
these ideas. / Visual Arts / M.A. (Visual Arts)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/16733 |
| Date | 01 1900 |
| Creators | Edelsburg, Zahava |
| Contributors | Bester, Valerie |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Dissertation |
| Format | Bejamin";"Intertextuality";"Na'aman |
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