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dc.contributor.authorSanstrom, Brian
dc.contributor.editorTom Nairn and Mary Kalantzis
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:24:38Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:24:38Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.date.modified2012-05-17T22:05:13Z
dc.identifier.issn14479508
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/44200
dc.description.abstractIn contemporary society, grief is a universal and multi-faceted human response to significant personal change or loss such as the death of a loved one, separation, or divorce. This paper will argue that inter-relational dynamics of grief can be communicated visually through patterns of perception and experience. It will consider both private/personal and public methodologies used by international artists to contextualise grief in their work with reference to their chosen materials, and their use of surface and textural renderings. Sophie Calle, a French conceptual artist depicting human vulnerability, examines identity and intimacy by creating an art book from a personal diary entitled Exquisite Pain 2003, which blurs the boundaries between fact and fiction. Similarly, another French artist, Christian Boltanski portrays loss and grief in his work; Personnes 2010, a singular ephemeral work that questions fate and ineluctable death. Conversely, other artists use a form of public installation art, where the importance of space, film sets, and the role of the materiality are all key elements. Memorials of architectural structures and universal landmarks have played a significant role in loss and grief. Both Callum Morton and Gordon Matter-Clark investigate the links between architectural elements and suspenseful or dramatic, spaces, which are often reminiscent of the mystery of the absent person. Through an awareness of how people move, perform and react to particular spaces, they explore the relationship between private and public space, interior and exterior, and reality and illusion.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherCommon Ground Publishing
dc.publisher.placeUnited States
dc.publisher.urihttp://thehumanities.com/Journal/
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dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationY
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom287
dc.relation.ispartofpageto298
dc.relation.ispartofissue4
dc.relation.ispartofjournalInternational Journal of the Humanities
dc.relation.ispartofvolume9
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchFine Arts (incl. Sculpture and Painting)
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode190502
dc.titleA Visual Dialogue: What are the Inter Relational Dynamics of Grief?
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyArts, Education & Law Group, Queensland College of Art
gro.rights.copyright© The Author(s) 2011. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. For information about this journal please refer to the journal’s website or contact the author.
gro.date.issued2011
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gro.griffith.authorSanstrom, Brian J.


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