Somatic Aesthetics and aleatory painting practices

Author/s: Tony Benn, PhD
Availability: Open Access
Type: Thesis
Year: 2012
Category: Fine Arts
Institution: University of Brighton

Abstract: This thesis is an investigation into artist strategies for rule testing and critical investigation within recent painting practices, primarily within ‘bad painting’ art practices where conscious decisions are made to paint badly.


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