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The purposes of this project were many fold, but the overriding objective was to bring
a sharp focus to the connections between active research and the creative process. Art is not,
and has never been, created in a vacuum. There is a popular misconception that art is
a self-contained, self-generating process that comes directly from the inner
being of the artist, like Athena springing fully formed from the head of
Zeus. The artwork, artists� statements, and resource materials on display in the exhibition and
documented in this catalog clearly demonstrate, however, that artists make use of the same lines of
inquiry that accompany research in other disciplines. Art, like all other endeavors in life, is informed by
investigation and experience.
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