Investigation of line in the abstract
- WCU Author/Contributor (non-WCU co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Grayson J.A. Bowen (Creator)
- Institution
- Western Carolina University (WCU )
- Web Site: http://library.wcu.edu/
- Advisor
- Richard Tichich
Abstract: My creative research has been an investigation of how different characteristics of line
quality convey emotions or feelings in purely abstract work. The line quality that is used
in the figurative work of Frank Auerbach (Berlin, 1931) conveys a completely different
energy from that of Sam Messer (American, 1955). When these linear elements are used,
the figures hold different feelings based on the artist’s expression and method. The work
of Jackson Pollock (American, 1912 – 1956) explores the same feelings that a line can
create, but in a purely abstract work. I intend to further exercise how line can evoke
different emotional reactions from the viewer in abstract forms. Studying how line can
describe figurative drawings in different ways will continue to inform my method of
abstract expression. Training myself to not only be a viewer of my work, but to
understand how my feelings alter my work during the creative process will allow me
recognize how the different emotional characteristics take form themselves in my work.
Investigation of line in the abstract
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Thesis
- Language: English
- Date: 2009
- Keywords
- Abstract, Automatism, Drawing, Expressionism, Form, Line
- Subjects
- Line (Art)
- Drawing, American