Document Type
Thesis - campus only access
Date of Award
Summer 1993
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Art
Advisor
Joanne Harwick
Abstract
I enjoy working with both figures and still life, but I prefer to draw people because of the greater complexity in the nature of their existence. My live-model drawings are of women acquaintances/friends whose features intrigue me in some aspect, like “Friderike”, a young woman staying with the Ozakis on a homestay program. When drawing figures, my purpose is to express existence. My still-lifes are an opportunity to create existence. They consist of primary forms gradually combined with secondary forms to highlight the former’s aesthetic qualities. This necessitates carefully controlled contrasts: mass and space, roughness and smoothness, light and shadow, solidity and transparency. Symbolism or dark humor occasionally underlies the arrangements, as in “Untitled”, in which spiral wire and bread symbolize DNA and life, or in “Milk Can”, where a cow skull rests on the top of a can.
Recommended Citation
Ozaki, Shingo, "Drawing" (1993). Master's Theses. 2416.
DOI: 10.58809/EXFT1538
Available at:
https://scholars.fhsu.edu/theses/2416
Rights
© 1993 Shingo Ozaki
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