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Hidden In Humor: Redefining Abjection Through Implication, Maddy Kish
Hidden In Humor: Redefining Abjection Through Implication, Maddy Kish
Bachelor of Fine Arts Senior Papers
Abjection can whisper. It lies beneath the joke; you will find it there if you spend the time. Look at me. Come closer. Are you willing to discover? If you listen, I will confess, I will air out my dirty laundry, I will show you the inside of my body and its evidence.
My thesis is a consideration of my waste, an analysis of the bodily trail I leave behind. I explore indecency as a persistent feature of my art practice and a tactic I use to stimulate interest. My overarching unladylike sensibility is broken down into three categories – …