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It's elementary my dear Watson
Author(s) -
Ian Matthew Shelly
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
submitted by the university of missouri--columbia graduate school
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Dissertations/theses
DOI - 10.32469/10355/8079
Subject(s) - narrative , watson , embodied cognition , innocence , sculpture , visual arts , construct (python library) , aesthetics , art , psychology , literature , epistemology , computer science , psychoanalysis , philosophy , artificial intelligence , programming language
This creative research explores connections between the fields of scientific research, weapons proliferation and ceramic art making. My work consists of a twisted world of these themes seen and told through childhood imagery and subjects. The juxtaposition of violence and destruction against innocence and playfulness and the cyclical way that I engage both intuitively and through calculation with my artwork are vital in impressing a notion of conflict’s early presence and danger in our lives. The overlap of weapons, chemistry and art is embodied in the relationships of the characters within these compositions and their iconographic meanings. This amalgamation is constructed through installations, sculptures and miniature models employing numerous kinds of ceramic and non-ceramic materials such as metal, wood, plastics and glass.

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