Browsing Theses and Dissertations (Visual Arts) by Subject "Absence"

Browsing Theses and Dissertations (Visual Arts) by Subject "Absence"

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  • Nomadic figurations of identity on the work of Berni Searle 
    Adendorff, Delaida Adéle (University of Pretoria, 2006-12-07)
    This study focuses on Berni Searle’s art, in which she searches for alternative figurations of identity. For Searle, identity as a category seems insufficient, as it cannot account for individuals of mixed heritage. Searle’s ...
  • Tenebrism in the paiting of Odd Nerdrum from 1983 to 2004 
    Conradie, Johannes Hendrik (University of Pretoria, 2008-09-12)
    The hypothesis of this dissertation is that contemporary Norwegian painter, Odd Nerdrum (b 1944), uses tenebrism as a mode of beauty and a device to emphasise psychological states of being. Tenebrism is an effective kitsch ...