Project Director

Buffington, Ron

Department Examiner

Vogel, Christina; Little, Laura

Department

Dept. of Art

Publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Place of Publication

Chattanooga (Tenn.)

Abstract

This text serves as a backdrop written in support of a body of paintings. The series of paintings revolve around the relationship between mechanical and human reproduction in mapping. The text challenges the Benjaminian notion that an artwork contains one unique aura and replication of the artwork damages the aura. It argues that by displacing surrounding references from the original map, the symbols made by the cartographers hand can be seen as aesthetic marks through an unlearning of their original purpose as a tool. Using the Jakobsonian axis of selection and axis of combination I remove and gain a sense of control over the construction of the images and combine them with the methodologies of oil painting to create works of a new totality.

Degree

B. F. A.; An honors thesis submitted to the faculty of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Bachelor of Fine Arts.

Date

5-2024

Subject

Artists' materials; Maps in art; Mixed media painting; Painting--Semiotics; Symbolism in art

Keyword

Art; Fine Arts; Painting; Painting and Drawing; Drafting; Semiotics

Discipline

Painting

Document Type

Theses

Extent

ii, 33 leaves

DCMI Type

Text

Language

English

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

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