My Master of Fine Arts research project focuses on installation and sculpture that embodies the themes of Buddhism and War. My artwork examines how the two themes interact and influence each other. Making art, for me, is an intensely personal process of rediscovering myself. The project is an attempt to create a visual conversation between my personal experiences, memories and imagination. In particular, I explore the collective memory of the people of Hue in relation to the immediate past, and the longer historical heritage of the city and the region.Chapter One provides a background to my personal experiences of growing up in Hue, Vietnam, during a time of war. This is a relevant starting point as these experiences have shaped my life and...
The purpose of this inquiry was to explore the process of creating art as an act of prayer. The qual...
From a very early age I have been drawn to create art. I have followed this passion closely througho...
This Final Year Project (FYP) is one that explored the symbolic visual language of the chakra system...
There is a long history of artistic exchange that endures between European and Asian cultures. In co...
(De)contextualising Buddhist Aesthetics is a practice-led artistic research project focusing on the ...
Many twentieth-century artists have responded to environmental concerns in their work. The issues ad...
Drawing in Meditation is a dissertation focused on three interconnected cornerstones of research; me...
An artist\u27s work can be an expression of what they are exposed to in their own personal histories...
The way that an artist works is directly affected by the way that they perceive and interact with th...
The goal of my work for the MALS degree was to bridge two disciplines, that of me as an artist and o...
In this research project the author focuses on making links between his art, religion (Buddhism) and...
As art develops more traction and consideration in the peacebuilding field, there remains a gap in t...
In this research I explore the interdependent nature of existence by means of both personal and obje...
The presentation of this thesis is composed of two parts. The Studio Practice component, which take...
This thesis is a cross-relational enquiry into the nature of ritual as the subject of arts-based res...
The purpose of this inquiry was to explore the process of creating art as an act of prayer. The qual...
From a very early age I have been drawn to create art. I have followed this passion closely througho...
This Final Year Project (FYP) is one that explored the symbolic visual language of the chakra system...
There is a long history of artistic exchange that endures between European and Asian cultures. In co...
(De)contextualising Buddhist Aesthetics is a practice-led artistic research project focusing on the ...
Many twentieth-century artists have responded to environmental concerns in their work. The issues ad...
Drawing in Meditation is a dissertation focused on three interconnected cornerstones of research; me...
An artist\u27s work can be an expression of what they are exposed to in their own personal histories...
The way that an artist works is directly affected by the way that they perceive and interact with th...
The goal of my work for the MALS degree was to bridge two disciplines, that of me as an artist and o...
In this research project the author focuses on making links between his art, religion (Buddhism) and...
As art develops more traction and consideration in the peacebuilding field, there remains a gap in t...
In this research I explore the interdependent nature of existence by means of both personal and obje...
The presentation of this thesis is composed of two parts. The Studio Practice component, which take...
This thesis is a cross-relational enquiry into the nature of ritual as the subject of arts-based res...
The purpose of this inquiry was to explore the process of creating art as an act of prayer. The qual...
From a very early age I have been drawn to create art. I have followed this passion closely througho...
This Final Year Project (FYP) is one that explored the symbolic visual language of the chakra system...