Thesis
Velvet covering, Ribbonlike leaves
University of Iowa
Master of Fine Arts (MFA), University of Iowa
Spring 2023
DOI: 10.25820/etd.007008
Abstract
“Velvet covering, Ribbonlike leaves” is a mix media installation that reflects on natural history museums/laboratories and their specimen preservation display practices as related to artistic practice display and the act of collecting as a way of emotionally and creatively engaging with natural environment. The work examines the relationship between artistic and biological process and the similarities they possess as both displaying gradients of transformation. The installation features color etchings, handmade paper sculptures, ceramics and woodworks informed by visits to the specimen collections from the Lakeside Laboratory and University of Iowa Natural History Museum specimen collection and settings intertwined with personal found object collections from field studies from Iowa City and Puerto Rico.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Velvet covering, Ribbonlike leaves
- Creators
- Mariceliz Pagán Gómez
- Contributors
- Terry Conrad (Advisor)Anita Jung (Committee Member)Heather Parrish (Committee Member)Andrew Casto (Committee Member)Nicholas Cladis (Committee Member)
- Resource Type
- Thesis
- Degree Awarded
- Master of Fine Arts (MFA), University of Iowa
- Degree in
- Art
- Date degree season
- Spring 2023
- Publisher
- University of Iowa
- DOI
- 10.25820/etd.007008
- Number of pages
- x, 57 pages
- Copyright
- Copyright 2023 Mariceliz Pagán Gómez
- Language
- English
- Date submitted
- 04/25/2023
- Date approved
- 05/30/2023
- Description illustrations
- color illustrations
- Description bibliographic
- Includes bibliographical references (page 57).
- Public Abstract (ETD)
”Velvet covering, Ribbonlike leaves” is a mix media installation that reflects on natural history museums/laboratories and their specimen preservation display practices as related to artistic practice display and the act of collecting as a way of emotionally and creatively engaging with natural environment. The work examines the relationship between artistic and biological process and the similarities they possess as both displaying gradients of transformation. The installation features color etchings, handmade paper sculptures, ceramics and woodworks informed by visits to the specimen collections from the Lakeside Laboratory and University of Iowa Natural History Museum specimen collection and settings intertwined with personal found object collections from field studies from Iowa City and Puerto Rico.
- Academic Unit
- School of Art, Art History, and Design
- Record Identifier
- 9984425312802771
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