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- Creators: Pessler, Anthony
- Creators: Pittsley, Janice
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"Should I kill myself, or have a cup of coffee?" \u2014 Albert Camus Making a decision between committing suicide or continuing about the monotony of a life void of meaning can be surprisingly difficult to make when all human logic entices us to do the former. In fact, doing the latter seems definitively humanely impossible. In my art series "The Absurd Man", I visually analyze a variety of human reactions to absurdism, drawing from absurdist texts as well as personal experiences to force upon the viewer, recognition of the discomforting reality of human frailty.
ContributorsTa, Trang Thuy (Author) / Pessler, Anthony (Thesis director) / Obuck, John (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies (Contributor) / School of Art (Contributor)
Created2015-05
DescriptionDeus Ex Machina was a group exhibition of works by honors candidate Kenosha Drucker and her Herberger institute colleagues Nicholas Gutierrez and Alyssa Burke. The show was a mixed media installation featuring video, printmaking, sculpture, painting, and drawing.
ContributorsDrucker, Kenosha Quinn (Author) / Pessler, Anthony (Thesis director) / Gutierrez, Rogelio (Committee member) / Pittsley, Janice (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / School of Art (Contributor)
Created2014-05
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Many cultures find connections between humans and nature. Chinese philosophies such as Daoism assert that mountains are sacred beings of cosmic energy. These cosmic beings have elements that coincide with parts of the human body: rocks are bones, water is blood and veins, trees and grass are hair, clouds and mist are breath, the mountains themselves are the body. "Bodyscapes" is an exploration of these concepts using charcoal and ink to merge the human form with natural landscape.
ContributorsMonar, Kayci Leilani (Author) / Solis, Forrest (Thesis director) / Pittsley, Janice (Committee member) / Brown, Claudia (Committee member) / School of Art (Contributor) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
Created2016-05