Detail View: CVPA Student Collection: 2016
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resource_ID:
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2016mphelan_001
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artist_name:
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Phelan, Mark
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artist_variant_name:
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Mark Phelan
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artist_nationality:
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United States
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artist_vital_dates:
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1969
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UMassD_CVPA_degree:
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MFA - Fine Arts
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graduation_year:
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2016
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area_of_study:
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Paintings
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additional_acad_degrees:
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BFA University Massachusetts Dartmouth
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medium:
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acrylic, charcoal, oil on canvas
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work_title:
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Ill Equipped
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technique:
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painting
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work_date:
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2016
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dimensions:
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108x144
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description:
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My paintings are an entry to a point of inquiry. I am interested in examining within myself that which makes me feel compelled to paint. This compulsion I have named Painter's Punctum. Roland Barthes defined punctum as the aspect of an image which contains meaning beyond the formal description of the image's contents. Why do I continually return to a subject, a theme, or a way of image building again and again? What is it about the way I draw or what I paint that drives me to investigate it over and over? These are the questions I answer with the help of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Alberto Giacometti, Walter Benjamin, and others, and with the aid of the antiquated apparatus of diving, space exploration, and construction. Using objects as metaphor, I navigate the recesses of my mind in search of the right questions to ask in order to keep me on the path of investigational painting.
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collection_name:
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CVPA Student & Alumni Collection
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type:
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image file
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format:
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.tif - tif file
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creation_date:
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2016
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upload_date:
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2016
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note:
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master file
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copyright:
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LUNA Collections are for the sole purpose of instruction and study by faculty and students attending University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Dartmouth Massachusetts. All other purposes are prohibited and require permission from the artist.
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