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Art and Art History Student Work
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Work Title (display):
The Spoiler
Image Title:
front view
Work Description:
Thesis abstract: What separates human from animal? What borders exist between the real and the imagined, the beautiful and the repugnant, the living and dying, the creator and the made? These questions have driven my recent work. Through the act of making, I swim in and around these margins, revealing how slippery the answers to these questions are. Icreate animals that blur species boundaries. They challenge the perceived order and comfortable classifications of life. These animals are tricksters; familiar but also alien, seductive but also scary, animal but also human, alive but also dead. In a world where petals mimic fur and hair impersonates bone, even materials upset their expected roles. These creatures are not to be trusted, for as soon as we identify with them, we admit that perhaps the definitions they upturn are not so clearly defined as we would like to think. Material and process are the tangible means through which Icontemplate the lines separating these opposing worlds. I use inanimate materials that rely on touch to take shape. I sculpt and articulate animal forms to generate a semblance of life. The fleshy coverings are meticulously and lovingly applied, allowing me to both control and understand the figure as it comes into existence. The labor I exert over the animal becomes an empathetic gesture. As the creature comes to life, the line between myself as the maker and the material as the object softens.
Work Dates (display):
2010
Work Dates type:
exhibition
Image Date (display):
2011-01-11
Work Creator (display):
Lindsay Pichaske (American, born 1981)
Work Creator gender:
female
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female
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Work Creator notes (display):
Written thesis: https://scholar.col
Work Creator UCB affiliation (display):
MFA 2010, Art and Art History
Work Creator memberOf:
Ceramics student, Art and Art History, CU Boulder
Work Creator memberOf notes:
IMAP: Interdisciplinary Media Arts Practices
Work Subject:
grotesque
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grotesque
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Work Subject:
deterioration
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deterioration
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Work Subject:
empathy
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empathy
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Work Subject:
hybridity
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hybridity
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Work Subject:
allegory (artistic device)
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allegory (artistic device)
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Work Subject:
transformation
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transformation
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Work Subject:
life
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life
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Work Subject:
animals
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animals
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Work Subject:
death
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death
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Work Worktype:
ceramics (objects)
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ceramics (objects)
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Work Worktype:
sculpture (visual works)
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sculpture (visual works)
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Work Category (VRC classification):
ceramics
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ceramics
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false
Work Category (VRC classification):
sculptures and installations
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sculptures and installations
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false
Work Material and Technique (display):
low-fire ceramic, horsehair, precious metals, cat whiskers
Work Measurements (display):
26 in (H) x 33 in (W) x 10 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):
© Lindsay Pichaske
Work Rights (display):
© Lindsay Pichaske
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Holding Institution:
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Collection:
Art and Art History Visual Resources Collection
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