ABSTRACT TRANSFORMATION OF STILL-LIFE OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES IN PAINTING
ABSTRACT TRANSFORMATION OF STILL-LIFE OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES IN PAINTING
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1994
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LAURETA, IROABUCHI CHIGOZIRI
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ABSTRACT
Abstract Transformation of S t i l l - L i f e of F r u i ts
and Vegetables in Painting
By
IROABUCHI CHIGOZIRI LAURETA
(B.A. Hons Fine Arts, A.B.U)
Abstract transformation of s t i l l - l i f e of f r u i t s and
vegetables in painting is a studio research in painting
which dealt with the use of some selected f r u i t s and vegetables
commonly found in our markets in Zaria to develop and create
a b s t r a c t painting.
The research was considered an experimental painting study
of n a t u r a l f r u i t s and vegetables for the purpose of evolving
a unique and personal mode of expression. The aims of t h is
study were to elevate s t i l l - l i f e painting to a s t a t e of
a b s t r a c t i o n with the hope that t h i s will extend the ways
of expression in s t i l l - l i f e painting in contemporary
Nigeria painting.
The data collected for t h i s study were selected f r u i ts
and vegetables from the markets in Zariaf study paintings and
sketches based on personal observation and d i r e c t visual
study of the objects under study.
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The method of study started by the simple study of
representational still-life of selected fruits and
vegetables to a systematic, complex and conceptual studies
that were expressively individual. This was followed by
making some preliminary studies in semi-abstraction.
These were later carried out freely and spontaneously
into pure abstraction.
The experimental paintings represented in this study were
done with conventional media. These include: the artist oil
colour, pencil and water colour wash.
The works were exhibited at the end of the research,
they formed the basis of findings of the study and are
represented in the project report as plates and figures.
Among the findings of the study were:
1) The ability to create interesting compositions from
still-life study.
2) The ability to create a mode of painting that is
expressively individual.
3) The need for documentation of artistic development in Nigeria.
4) The research has educationally elevated the study of still-life
to a point of abstraction where ordinary objects have been
embacked with different interpretation and meaning.
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DEPARTMENT OF FINE ARTS
FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY
ZARIA
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ABSTRACT,, TRANSFORMATION,, STILL-LIFE,, FRUITS,, VEGETABLES,, PAINTING