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On Autonomy: Personal Agency Under Late Stage Capitalism, Levi Gentry
On Autonomy: Personal Agency Under Late Stage Capitalism, Levi Gentry
Bachelor of Fine Arts Senior Papers
Personal agency is the feeling of control over one’s actions. Capitalism is deeply etched into the fabric of America and the world at large. In this paper, I propose that late stage capitalism has forever altered the means by which personal agency manifests, that it has left no room for alternatives on account of its far-reaching scope. My work, through its subject matter and medium, refers to the lack of autonomy under escape or embrace. Failure and futility are both key ideas, as complacency is intrinsic to our current moment, which is evocative of the ongoing metamodern art movement.
Untethering The “Other”: Creating Spaces For Black Autonomy And Community, Kaylyn Webster
Untethering The “Other”: Creating Spaces For Black Autonomy And Community, Kaylyn Webster
Bachelor of Fine Arts Senior Papers
By complicating viewers’ relationships to my painted figures through the application of the gaze, my work analyzes how America’s colonial past affects our current landscape to find ways to break the cycle, and to make space for Black autonomy. Blackness should be free to exist without being tethered in a position of inferiority to Whiteness. Radical defiance, resiliency, and expressions of agency have been used by Black people for centuries, and their employment must continue to combat systems of oppression. Our history has been one of division, but mutual respect and cooperation are needed for our communities to stand against …