COLLECTION NAME:
Visual Resources Teaching Collection
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Image Record ID:
aahi0009121
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Work Title (display):
MFA Thesis Installation shot
Image Title:
full view
Work Dates (display):
2011
Work Dates type:
exhibition
Image Date (display):
2011-11-16
Work Creator (display):
Matthew Harris (American, born 1981)
Work Creator gender:
male
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male
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Work Creator notes (display):
Loose Ends I don't know what I'm doing... But I like it that way. I mean, it's a lot harder to try to create without having a rational reason to follow, a logical path of pursuit. But it is the unknown that interest me. I want to explore the gray areas deeply enough that I find myself in the black. I want to confuse my worlds and my senses so that I can find new forms and languages that have always been there but were inaccessible to the controlled mind. Now this might suggest that I'm hoping to go crazy, but that is not my purpose. I compose exercises, scenarios, experiments, and projects that give me structure to explore the unstructured. These controls allow me to lose control. If I tie a rope around my waist I know I can follow it back out. But I am also interested in the moment when I realize the chase is hot and the cord of control too short. Do I cut the chord? Do I light the fuse? Do I burn the toast? Crack the glass? What are we willing to risk for discovery?
Work Style Period:
21st century
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21st century
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Work Style Period:
Contemporary
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Contemporary
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Work Subject:
possibility
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possibility
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Work Subject:
experimentation
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experimentation
Work Subject
false
Work Subject:
physicality
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physicality
Work Subject
false
Work Subject:
control
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control
Work Subject
false
Work Subject:
tension (physical)
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tension (physical)
Work Subject
false
Work Subject:
form (aesthetics)
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form (aesthetics)
Work Subject
false
Work Subject:
freedom
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freedom
Work Subject
false
Work Subject:
consciousness
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consciousness
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false
Work Subject:
language (verbal communication)
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language (verbal communication)
Work Subject
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Work Worktype:
installations (exhibitions)
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installations (exhibitions)
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Work Worktype:
sculpture (visual works)
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sculpture (visual works)
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Work Category (VRC classification):
sculptures and installations
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sculptures and installations
Work Category (VRC classification)
false
Work Material and Technique (display):
mixed media
Work Measurements (display):
103 in (H) x 69 in (W) x 52 in (D)
Work Location (Repository or Site) name:
University of Colorado, Boulder. Art Museum
Work Location (Repository or Site) role:
exhibition
Work Location (Geographic) name:
Boulder, Colorado
Image Rights (display):
© Matthew Harris
Image Rights fair use checklist:
1) use of this image is for education and educational research; 2) access is restricted to University of Colorado and Auraria Higher Education Center communities; 3) the original photographer is credited if known; 4) the image is published; 5) the amount of the work in relation to the whole is needed for education or educational research; 6) the number of derivatives is the minimum required for education or educational research; 7) the image has not been found to be reasonably available for sale; 8) duplication of the image does not violate preexisting contracts.
Work Rights (display):
© Matthew Harris
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Holding Institution:
University of Colorado at Boulder
Collection:
Art and Art History Visual Resources Collection
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