Mercury Express

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Publisher
Florida Atlantic University
Date Issued
2019
EDTF Date Created
2019
Description
My thesis exhibition “Mercury Express” is the culmination of my creative research and the paintings that I have created over the past three years. This body of work is comprised of fourteen oil glaze paintings on canvas, ranging in size from 16x 16 inches to 36 x 48 inches. These paintings demonstrate, through subjective color and the application of misty layers of luminous paint, my residence on the edge of moving to the future and looking to the past. Through imagination my paintings express a longing for connections and offer glimpses of happiness tinted with a pervasive overcast of melancholy. Mercury Express is a visual expression of what I consider to be ‘Kitsch’, ‘Sentimental’ and ‘Adventurous’. Through this work I salvage and renew the child-like wonder that managed to survive into my adulthood. Through the positioning of remembered objects in imaginary landscapes, Mercury Express recalls and explores my childhood memories, ideas and aspirations to reclaim the wonder I have lost as an adult.
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Includes bibliography.

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Type
Extent
36 p.
Subject (Topical)
Identifier
FA00013211
Additional Information
Includes bibliography.
Thesis (M.F.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2019.
FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Date Backup
2019
Date Created Backup
2019
Date Text
2019
Date Created (EDTF)
2019
Date Issued (EDTF)
2019
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FAU

IID
FA00013211
Person Preferred Name

Gran, Cangshu

author

Graduate College
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application/pdf
36 p.
Title Plain
Mercury Express
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Origin Information

2019
2019
Florida Atlantic University

Boca Raton, Fla.

Physical Location
Florida Atlantic University Libraries
Place

Boca Raton, Fla.
Sub Location
Digital Library
Title
Mercury Express
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Mercury Express