AN ADAPTATION OF KWAGH-HIR PUPPETS TO CREATE KINETIC PAINTINGS

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dc.contributor.authorAGAKU, SAGHEVWUA AMOS
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-27T07:27:57Z
dc.date.available2015-01-27T07:27:57Z
dc.date.issued2014-07
dc.descriptionA THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA. IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER OF FINE ART DEPARTMENT OF FINE ARTS, FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA. JULY, 2014en_US
dc.description.abstractThe research titled An Adaptation of Kwagh-hir Puppets to create Kinetic Paintings is aimed at creating paintings inspired by kwagh-hir figurines, figures and masquerade figures; the problem of this study is to interpret the kwagh-hir puppets as paintings, with an aim of creating paintings that can give illusion of movement. The study at hand reviewed works that are based on African sculptural images and proportions, and motion. Photographs; interviews explorative methodologies were engaged during the collection of data. Series of sketches and drawings of the selected puppets were made in the preliminary stages of the study to explore the diverse appearance and motion of the puppets. The population was stratified into three groups, which are figurines, figures and masquerade puppet categories. The works in each category were executed in three stages of transformation from the known to the unknown as follows (i) Representational stage; (ii) Exploratory stage (iii) Transformed stage. The study revealed that kwagh-hir sculptural form and motion could be adapted to create visual kinetics in painting, through rhythms created by repetition of forms, shapes and lines. Findings within the course of the research show that the research has drawn out motion from kwagh-hir a doing art realm of theatre into a visual art realm of painting. Having studied and understood that the visual motion exhibited by the 20th century arts and their stemming modernist movements. There was an affinity in their use of repetitive elements to create optical illusion of motion in painting. As such the study at hand propound: elements x repetition = rhythm/movement as a formula for creating visual motion in painting.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/5866
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.subjectADAPTATION,en_US
dc.subjectKWAGH-HIR,en_US
dc.subjectPUPPETS,en_US
dc.subjectKINETIC PAINTINGSen_US
dc.titleAN ADAPTATION OF KWAGH-HIR PUPPETS TO CREATE KINETIC PAINTINGSen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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