This research looks at both subjective and objective ways of mediating our experience of the natural world through art and concludes that both approaches are of value. It considers art (and in particular abstract art) as a language, or text, to be read and interpreted objectively as well as a means of subjective, poetic expression. It explores the possibility that colour (as a medium that is both relative and at the same time subjective) may provide a useful link between a subjective and objective perception of t.De..,natural world. IV .•• It demonstrates that the theories and practice of abstraction, language and colour are intertwined. It proposes that phenomenology, and especially the work of Merleau-Ponty, links these areas of cultural thought and activity; and that the practical, ethical and embodied expression of this philosophy can be represented through walking, expressed as a physical activity and mediated through art. Practically, the research was developed in the studio and tracked through a series of written chapters written one at a time over a period of six years. A contextual overview has been added at the end of each chapter. These were written after the last chapter (chapter ten) was completed, and constructed within the space of a couple of months. This overlapping of time frames serves to highlight the Bricolage methodology used throughout the PhD. This approach, first proposed by Levis Strauss (The Savage Mind, 1962) 'acknowledges that research takes place in the real world - is complex and sometimes 'messy', open to change, interaction and development' (Gray and Malins, 2004). The written content of the PhD is presented alongside an exhibition of work in the Reg Vardy Gallery in Sunderland, demonstrating the link between theory and practice that the methodology employed highlights. Mike Collier, supervised by Dr. Carol McKay and Professor Brian Thompson, September 2010 9
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bl.uk/oai:ethos.bl.uk:573126 |
| Date | January 2011 |
| Creators | Collier, Mike |
| Publisher | University of Sunderland |
| Source Sets | Ethos UK |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
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