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Nexus, Spring 2016, Wright State University Community
Nexus, Spring 2016, Wright State University Community
Nexus Literary Journal
Nexus is a magazine that began as an insert in the Wright State Guardian student newspaper in 1965 and has since been published semi-regularly. It began only accepting creative writing, but has since expanded to include illustrations, photography and other non-written art forms. Today, it is published in a digital format and accepts submissions from around the country, though it maintains its commitment to the Wright State Community.
Maternal Subjectivity In Painting: A Response To The Idealization Of Artists And Mothers, Heather Lea Reid
Maternal Subjectivity In Painting: A Response To The Idealization Of Artists And Mothers, Heather Lea Reid
Master of Humanities Capstone Projects
The focus of this project thesis is maternal subjectivity in contemporary art. Despite the embedded theme of mother and child in the history of Western art, the subject of children and motherhood has become taboo. Likewise, a stigma exists in the art world about mothers being artists. This thesis explains the historical context that created the current art world paradigmone that still embraces romantic notions of who can be an artist, based on limiting traditional ideas of "greatness" or "genius." Such a model suppresses the voice of the outsider. This essay examines the mother as an outsider in artmaking by …