Date of Award
2013
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelors
Department
Humanities
First Advisor
Edidin, Aron
Keywords
College, Baudrillard, Aesthetic Expression
Area of Concentration
Humanities
Abstract
Collage in the contemporary art world is often relegated to an experiment in craft rather fine art. With the advent of digital imaging and its consequent effect on the ubiquity of the Image, the potential for the renaissance of Collage as a critical avant-garde form of creative expression has emerged. This project sought to investigate through a historical as well as contemporary lens, the features of Collage that gave it critical dimension. Using prominent works by the theorist R.G. Collingwood, a formal notion of aesthetic expression that took into account both the artist and the spectator is establish. Beginning from this notion, prominent works from the cultural theorist Jean Baudrillard were interpreted as theoretical analogies for the content of the aesthetic expression observed in collage. The investigation took the form of three major parts: a theoretical survey of R.G. Collingwoods' Principles of Art and Jean Baudrillard's The System of Objects and The Consumer Society, a close analysis of selected works from three established Collagists, and an independent artistic exploration of the collage process resulting in a series of original collages. Through the analysis, the political potentials inherent in the aesthetic expression of collage were discovered as predominant features to the critical dimension of the aesthetic expression. The critical expression of collage carried political implications by means of the implicit vicarious experience created between the spectator and the artist.
Recommended Citation
Elie, Fabienne, "CRITICAL MEANING ON COLLAGE AS A CRITICAL FORM OF CREATIVE EXPRESSION" (2013). Theses & ETDs. 4770.
https://digitalcommons.ncf.edu/theses_etds/4770
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