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Mythic Narratives: The Chronicling Of Conceptual Art, Ana A. Iwataki
Mythic Narratives: The Chronicling Of Conceptual Art, Ana A. Iwataki
Pitzer Senior Theses
An exploration of the mythologized narratives that the work and lives of Conceptual artists Bas Jan Ader, Ana Mendieta, and Francis Alÿs have created and inspired. By virtue of their biographies, the fetishization of their personalities, and the ways in which this anecdotal information can be read in their work, mythologized narratives have been constructed, allowing for a prolonged interest existing within and without the confines of the art world. These mythologies come together as part of the oral tradition of the art world, a chronicling of narratives that incites continued interest for future generations.