COLLECTION NAME:
CVPA Student Collection
mediaCollectionId
UMASSDVRCVRC~34~34
CVPA Student Collection
Collection
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resource_ID:
2017aclaggett_007
resource_id
2017aclaggett_007
resource_ID
false
artist_name:
Claggett , April
student_last_name
Claggett , April
artist_name
false
artist_variant_name:
April Claggett
student_first_name
April Claggett
artist_variant_name
false
artist_nationality:
United States
student_nationality
United States
artist_nationality
false
artist_vital_dates:
1964
student_vital_dates
1964
artist_vital_dates
false
UMassD_CVPA_degree:
MFA - Fine Arts
umassd_cvpa_degree
MFA - Fine Arts
UMassD_CVPA_degree
false
graduation_year:
2017
mfa_graduation_year
2017
graduation_year
false
area_of_study:
Drawing
area_of_study
Drawing
area_of_study
false
additional_acad_degrees :
MA (Syracuse University), BA (Swarthmore College)
academic_degree
MA (Syracuse University), BA (Swarthmore College)
additional_acad_degrees
false
medium:
oil on paper mounted on panel
medium
oil on paper mounted on panel
medium
false
work_title:
Window Wall Back
work_title
Window Wall Back
work_title
false
technique:
painting
technique
painting
technique
false
work_date:
2017
work_date
2017
work_date
false
dimensions:
17" x 10"
dimensions
17" x 10"
dimensions
false
description:
Smaller Works. Coupled with these large paintings is a set of smaller alla prima studies whose execution represents more closely my goal for the paintings' technical narrative. The more obvious brushstrokes standing on their own acknowledge this path to legitimate authenticity that the Abstract Expressionists institutionalized. The content narrative, however, is less distilled, more domestic and more intimate and therefore conjures a different set of responses that are preparatory to the larger ideas of the larger paintings. These content responses include the phenomenology of the domestic space and the iconography of furniture and windows, which serves to cloud the main intention which is to focus on the light on the figure. The light of the painting becomes representational of natural light only. Their scale and setting elicit readings of intimacy, isolation, and perhaps illicit access. Of these, Window Wall Back and Window Wall come closest to being transitional works to the larger paintings because they are stripped of many signifiers and the compositions more readily read abstractly.
description
Smaller Works. Coupled with these large paintings is a set of smaller alla prima studies whose execution represents more closely my goal for the paintings' technical narrative. The more obvious brushstrokes standing on their own acknowledge this path to legitimate authenticity that the Abstract Expressionists institutionalized. The content narrative, however, is less distilled, more domestic and more intimate and therefore conjures a different set of responses that are preparatory to the larger ideas of the larger paintings. These content responses include the phenomenology of the domestic space and the iconography of furniture and windows, which serves to cloud the main intention which is to focus on the light on the figure. The light of the painting becomes representational of natural light only. Their scale and setting elicit readings of intimacy, isolation, and perhaps illicit access. Of these, Window Wall Back and Window Wall come closest to being transitional works to the larger paintings because they are stripped of many signifiers and the compositions more readily read abstractly.
description
false
artist_URL:
aprilclaggett.com
artist_url
aprilclaggett.com
artist_URL
false