"A Face in the Crowd" by Brenda Farris

Publication Date

Spring 2011

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts

Department

Art

First Advisor

Carrie Ohm, M.F.A.

Second Advisor

Michael Hart, M.F.A.

Third Advisor

Arthur Bourgeois, Ph.D.

Abstract

A face in a crowd is a series of ceramic busts portraying both famous and lesser known artists. I am doing portraits of artists because people tend to separate works of art from those who created them. I am trying to connect a face with a name. Most of the greatest artists that I am drawn to are no longer living. So doing this series is bringing me closer to them. Also, some of them are people that I look up to as well as some of the greatest professors or should I say mentors, which have helped me along the way.

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