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Rewriting History: The Press As A Tool For Destruction And Preservation, Emily L. Mogavero
Rewriting History: The Press As A Tool For Destruction And Preservation, Emily L. Mogavero
Bachelor of Fine Arts Senior Papers
This statement describes my two bodies of work, Aufheben and Artist-Hero/Squish, in which I use printmaking processes to rewrite history. In Artist-Hero/Squish I mimic canonical paintings of women by modernist male painters and run my quotations of these paintings through the press while the paint is still wet on the canvas. Through this process, I examine, confront, and change the male-dominated history of art. Aufheben currently includes one hundred drypoint prints that catalogue the personal history of my mark. This series represents a process of constant change, with individual prints suggesting stages of my process including moments of growth …