Rebecca Clune

Rebecca Clune

rebeccaclune@gmail.com

Website: http://www.rebeccaclune.com

 419-296-7706

   7383 Queen Mary Court, Indiananpolis, IN, 46227

I was raised in the rural, countryside of Chickasaw Ohio.  I received a double BFA from Ohio University in 2006 with degrees in Photography and Printmaking.  Having a range of experiences between my undergraduate and current graduate study, working in commercial photography services and community programs, I have brought those experiences to Indianapolis and my thesis research.

As I finish my MFA at Herron School of Art and Design, I recognize the importance of public life through various community partnerships I have collaborated with and developed unique projects for.

My work stretches across a wide framework of disciplines.  It is important to me to have traditional processes and technology available when producing work. Through photography, printmaking, handmade papers, woodworking and other techniques I translate my passion for the arts accordingly.  Each idea speaks to different approaches.  To obtain a cohesive language in the pieces I produce, I utilize texture, hue and structure to emanate my thoughts.

“Qualia: There is no body that is not cloud made” is the work I have been focused on for the past 16 months.  Qualia is the acknowledgement of sensation.  Albeit, that sensation could be visual, felt, heard, scented, eaten or internally recognized through the recall of a memory or developed thought.  The tactile and intimate nature of a flat print as well as the space you can challenge through sculptural work is a key component to my research.  The handmade flax papers and the use of found objects are an awareness of an autobiographical application of self.  The thin papers are much like a skin whereas the found objects are moments of present experiences I encounter on a daily basis.

I am heavily influenced by poetics, habitual conversation and universal ideologies.  When executing an idea I allow the materials I use to exist as personal metaphors as well as familiar ‘quotes’ of things easily understood.  Through simple shapes in addition to challenging textures and functions I can speak of the psychoanalytical and deconstructive notions of preconceived truths and fallacies.  As I begin each day, I discover new methodologies to understanding the human condition and those around me.  Art for me becomes about the process, about discipline and understanding others and myself in a more worldly fashion.

 

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