JOSEPH WILKINSON
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The Road From Jena - Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, East Lansing, MI, 2016
​MFA Thesis Work
Ceramic, Glaze, Wood, Metal, Bondo, Paint

The Road From Jena celebrates the work of German idealist philosopher George Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel in particular his Philosophy of Spirit in which he sets forward the idea of the epitome of freedom being that of self-awareness.

Each of the 5 ceramic forms twists and turns in relation to the experience of moment to moment coiling method used to build them. Like a human conscious they represent, the phenomenal experiences gathered throughout life writhe through the known and unknown coming together into a finite existence. Each form, unplanned, comes into its own unique pattern of being, however, the similarity of form suggests the connection to a larger shared identity. Faceted tails represent a starting point for all in that journey while each head turns back in contemplative analysis.

Each sits atop tilted stands, significant of the organic nature of support and guidance around them. However, always in a state of flux themselves, that support creates a precarious situation of unease in which one can falter and crash. 


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    • Emergent Architectures
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    • A Cosmic Perspective
    • System Sculptures >
      • Material Thoughts
      • Cubes
      • Captive Gaze
      • Dark Matters
      • Microcosm
    • Wall Sculptures >
      • Blue Seif
      • Solar Tumult
      • Space Dust
      • Evolution of the Expanse
      • The Offering
      • Impetus
      • Confluence
    • Installations >
      • Cluster
      • Rumination on Jena
      • The Road From Jena
      • Regarding the Inertial Observer
      • Lost Nova Found
      • Berlin Wall Segment Commision
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