Date of Award
1-1-2004
Document Type
Thesis
Publisher
Edith Cowan University
Degree Name
Master of Arts
School
Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA)
Faculty
Faculty of Communications and Creative Industries
First Supervisor
Dr Christopher Crouch
Abstract
In this thesis, I will examine pattern making in art practice from two cultural perceptions, Slavic and Australian. Existing differences between the two cultural backgrounds will be used to debate how pattern is understood by the viewer or practiced by an artist in a particular chosen environment. The central argument focuses on pattern as a decorator and/or a narrator. I will examine the outcomes and changes in narrative pattern according to cultural context and exchange. By introducing Slavic pattern into contemporary (Australian) art practice, I examine how traditional cultural values and functions change. In discussing the processes of changes that occur in intercultural exchange, I will draw my opinions and observations from writers, critics and artists such as William Morris, Lucien Henry, Stuart Hall, Jean-Francois Lyotard, Grace Cohrane, Nicolas Pevsner, Faith Ringgold, Joan Snyder, Miriam Schapiro and Cynthia Carlson. My final conclusion will be drawn from my personal visual practice that uses pattern
Recommended Citation
Jordanov, I. H. (2004). Decorator or narrator: A contextualisation of Slavic and Australian pattern making and its relationship to my painting practice. Edith Cowan University. Retrieved from https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/844