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Usurping architecture : sculptural resistance to the built environment
Includes bibliographical references (p. 70-71).
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Michaelis School of Fine Art
2014
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| author | Cilliers, Pieter Lafras |
| author2 | Younge, Gavin |
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| description | Includes bibliographical references (p. 70-71). |
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| institution | University of Cape Town (South Africa) |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/8206 Usurping architecture : sculptural resistance to the built environment Cilliers, Pieter Lafras Younge, Gavin Fine Art Includes bibliographical references (p. 70-71). Usurping Architecture is a study in three parts. Part One explores the historical and theoretical basis that has informed my body of work. In this section, I explore the perfection of the depiction of the three-dimensional structure on a two-dimensional plane. This is specifically related to architecture. I then examine the role of geometric abstraction, as developed on the two-dimensional format, in sculptural strategies and their insertion in the lived, everyday environment.The role of geometric formalism is expanded on in the chapters on minimal art, where I explore the role of Gestalt psychology in creating a phenomenological response in the viewer. In the following chapters I indicate how the strategies employed by the minimal artists were used in subsequent decades as a response to the architectural environment. Part Two deals with the methodology related to my art-making processes. The first chapter of this section informs the reader about the general use of concrete as a material. The second chapter explains how I use this material in the construction of cast concrete sculptures. It describes the technical aspects of the process in detail. Part Three comprises a list of each work submitted for examination. The works are represented photographically and are accompanied by a short explanatory text. 2014-10-06T12:10:56Z 2014-10-06T12:10:56Z 2008 Master Thesis Masters MA http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8206 eng application/pdf Michaelis School of Fine Art Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Fine Art Cilliers, Pieter Lafras Usurping architecture : sculptural resistance to the built environment |
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| title | Usurping architecture : sculptural resistance to the built environment |
| title_full | Usurping architecture : sculptural resistance to the built environment |
| title_fullStr | Usurping architecture : sculptural resistance to the built environment |
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| title_short | Usurping architecture : sculptural resistance to the built environment |
| title_sort | usurping architecture sculptural resistance to the built environment |
| topic | Fine Art |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8206 |
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