In-conclusion: resisting resolution in recent paintings by Penny Siopis
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2012-08-03
Authors
Koch, Renee Lesley
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Abstract
This research report focuses on two parts of perception, namely the gathering of
visual data (looking) and the interpretation of such data (seeing). I examine the way
that materiality, in recent paintings by Penny Siopis, functions to resist the insistent
narrative image, by producing ambiguity, indeterminacy or imprecision.
In my practical research I explore ways to fore-ground looking, to resist seeing the
representational image and to create a state of perceptual tension, which engages
the viewer in re-looking.
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M.A. University of the Witwatersrand, Faculty of Humanities (Fine Art), 2012