Date of Award
5-2023
Degree Type
Creative Project
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
Art and Design
Committee Chair(s)
Stephen Shepherd
Committee
Stephen Shepherd
Committee
Laura Gelfand
Committee
Terry Powers
Abstract
Zekiel Dirk Betzer’s oil paintings are a visual representation of transfiguration – the elevation of daily life into myth. He believes that if we defer to monolithic ideologies to narrativize our life, we are prescribed a relationship with the transcendent, rather than discovering it, leading us down the path of ideological possession. He is principally interested in how we, as both artist and audience, invent meaning and how this invention informs the way we engage with reality; especially how objects or memories become sacred.
Recommended Citation
Betzer, Zekiel, "Apotheosis" (2023). All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023. 1729.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/gradreports/1729
Additional Files
Moses (Small)a.jpg (5694 kB)Pyrrhic Victory Unofficial.jpg (4300 kB)
nature w c.jpg (3584 kB)
Messenger Unofficial.jpg (6357 kB)
Fool.jpg (7505 kB)
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Comments
The attached .pdf is a portfolio with title and work information, including photographs of the gallery space.