Detail View: Art and Art History Student Work:
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Image File Name:
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vrc_20180614_007
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Image Record ID:
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aahi0018329
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Work Title (display):
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The Aviary
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Image Title:
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view of false front
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Work Description:
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Thesis abstract: Through my artistic practice I examine the perspective of barn swallows through the spaces they utilize for nest building. Unlike other animals which find their habitats in trees, shrubs, grass, or rocks, barn swallows use man-made architecture exclusively; defying the binary of man-made and natural habitats. Their perspective places no hierarchical boundaries between people or animals, urban or rural, culture and ecology , or pest and native species. For barn swallows, the world is a continuum of materials, forms, and spatial relationships. Human architecture offers shelter, stability, and little competition from other wild animals. My methodological approach involves a formal and conceptual investigation of avian habitats as they relate to barn swallows specifically, and their relationship to the human built environment. As mentioned previously, barn swallows build nests on barns but nest in a vast variety of structures, both agricultural and beyond. Their nesting habits make them a unique subject to draw from for an arts practice. Drawing, documentation, material studies, and construction of sculptures all play a part in examining the overlap of habitats and cultural spaces. Additionally, this thesis maps artists, ecologists and art theorists that help in building an understanding of the built environment, architecture, ecology, and culture as elements of the continuum and habitats of barn swallows.
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Work Dates (display):
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2018
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Work Dates type:
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creation
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Work Creator (display):
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Aaron Treher (American, born 1985)
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Work Creator gender:
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male
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Work Creator notes (display):
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Written thesis: https://aahvrc.colorado.edu/luna/servlet/s/pay6u1
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Work Creator UCB affiliation (display):
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MFA 2018, Art and Art History
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Work Creator memberOf:
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Sculpture and Post-Studio Practices student, Art and Art History, CU Boulder
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Work Subject:
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culture
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Work Subject:
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communities (social groups)
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Work Subject:
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nature
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Work Subject:
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barns
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Work Subject:
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birds
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Work Worktype:
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installations (exhibitions)
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Work Worktype:
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installations (visual works)
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Work Worktype:
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sculpture (visual works)
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Work Category (VRC classification):
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exhibitions
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Work Category (VRC classification):
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sculptures and installations
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Work Material and Technique (display):
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Inkjet prints, wood, cement board, hardware
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Work Measurements (display):
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11 ft (H) x 20 ft (W) x 25 ft (D)
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Work Location (Repository or Site) name:
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University of Colorado, Boulder. Art Museum
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Work Location (Repository or Site) role:
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exhibition
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Work Location (Geographic) name:
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Boulder, Colorado
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Image Rights (display):
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© Aaron Treher
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Work Rights (display):
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Aaron Treher
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Holding Institution:
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University of Colorado Boulder
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Collection:
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Art and Art History Visual Resources Center
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Collection info and contact:
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