COLLECTION NAME:
CVPA Student Collection
mediaCollectionId
UMASSDVRCVRC~34~34
CVPA Student Collection
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resource_ID:
2016mphelan_006
resource_id
2016mphelan_006
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artist_name:
Phelan, Mark
student_last_name
Phelan, Mark
artist_name
false
artist_variant_name:
Mark Phelan
student_first_name
Mark Phelan
artist_variant_name
false
artist_nationality:
United States
student_nationality
United States
artist_nationality
false
artist_vital_dates:
1969
student_vital_dates
1969
artist_vital_dates
false
UMassD_CVPA_degree:
MFA - Fine Arts
umassd_cvpa_degree
MFA - Fine Arts
UMassD_CVPA_degree
false
graduation_year:
2016
mfa_graduation_year
2016
graduation_year
false
area_of_study:
Paintings
area_of_study
Paintings
area_of_study
false
additional_acad_degrees :
BFA University Massachusetts Dartmouth
academic_degree
BFA University Massachusetts Dartmouth
additional_acad_degrees
false
medium:
acrylic, charcoal, oil on panel
medium
acrylic, charcoal, oil on panel
medium
false
work_title:
Offerings (Detail)
work_title
Offerings (Detail)
work_title
false
technique:
painting
technique
painting
technique
false
work_date:
2016
work_date
2016
work_date
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dimensions:
120x168
dimensions
120x168
dimensions
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description:
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.
description
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.
description
false
collection_name:
CVPA Student & Alumni Collection
collection_name
CVPA Student & Alumni Collection
collection_name
false
type:
image file
digital_format
image file
type
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format:
.tif - tif file
digital_type
.tif - tif file
format
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creation_date:
2016
digital_creation_date
2016
creation_date
false
upload_date:
2016
digital_upload_date
2016
upload_date
false
note:
master file
note
master file
note
false
copyright:
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.
copyright
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.
copyright
false