Jave Yoshimoto Interview,
2016
DePaul University
Jave Yoshimoto Interview, Serina Mancha
Asian American Art Oral History Project
Artist Bio:
Jave Yoshimoto is an artist and educator of multicultural background. He was born in Japan to Chinese parents and immigrated to United States at a young age. He has since traveled and lived in various parts of the country, which influenced his artistic practice. Yoshimoto received his Bachelors from University of California Santa Barbara in Studio Art, his Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Painting and Drawing and Masters of Art in Art Therapy at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and his Masters of Fine Arts in Painting at Syracuse University. He has worked as an art therapist/mental …
Hong Chun Zhang Interview,
2016
DePaul University
Hong Chun Zhang Interview, Emily Dresden
Asian American Art Oral History Project
Artists Bio: Born and raised in China, Hong grew up in an academic environment. Both her parents are retired art professors and her two sisters are also painters. When she was 15, Hong and her twin-sister Bo won the national competition to attend the high school attached to the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing. From there, she began her professional art training. In 1994, Hong received B.F.A. in Chinese Ink Painting from CAFA in Beijing, M.A. from CSU Sacramento in 2002 and M.F.A. from University of California, Davis in 2004. Hong currently lives and works in Lawrence, Kansas. …
Cesar Conde Interview,
2016
DePaul University
Cesar Conde Interview, Ramona-Sky Rosenthal
Asian American Art Oral History Project
Artist Bio: A post-contemporary painter, Conde uses old world technique using modern materials to paint his realistic portraits. Conde is a Filipino-American Chicago based artist who was primarily self-taught until he hit a wall with his technical skills. Upon realizing his artistic limitations, Conde decided to study at Angel Academy of Art in Florence, Italy with John Michael Angel, who apprenticed for Pietro Annigoni. He also studied with Master Painter of Technique Mixte, Patrick Betaudier in his atelier in Monflanquin, France. Conde’s influences are Carravaggio, Rehmbrant, and Goya. Conde continues to learn and explore the infinite possibilities of painting.
Conde’s …
The Devil Made Us Do It: Depictions Of Satan In Kentucky Folk Art,
2016
Morehead State University
The Devil Made Us Do It: Depictions Of Satan In Kentucky Folk Art, Kentucky Folk Art Center
Kentucky Folk Art Center Exhibition Catalogs
2016 Kentucky Folk Art Center exhibition catalog of artwork depicting Satan.
Mark Francis: Time & Chance,
2016
Morehead State University
Mark Francis: Time & Chance, Mark Francis, Kentucky Folk Art Center
Kentucky Folk Art Center Exhibition Catalogs
2016 Kentucky Folk Art Center exhibition catalog of artist Mark Francis.
Producing Archival Works With Late Medieval/Early Renaissance Methods And Material,
2016
Northern Michigan University
Producing Archival Works With Late Medieval/Early Renaissance Methods And Material, Alexandra Vernier
Conspectus Borealis
No abstract provided.
Joan Thorne, Analytic Ecstasy,
2016
Old Dominion University
Joan Thorne, Analytic Ecstasy, Vittorio Colaizzi
Art Faculty Publications
The article focuses on American artist Joan Thorne. The author examines several of her abstract panitings, including "Squazemo," "Aahee, and "Ananda," explores how her work relates to minimalism, non-composition, and postmodernism, and discusses her role in the women's art movement of the 1970s in New York City.
Macro Self-Portraiture And The Feminine Grotesque,
2016
Scripps College
Macro Self-Portraiture And The Feminine Grotesque, Emily C. Wages
Scripps Senior Theses
According to the Mirriam-Webster online dictionary, “grotesque” is defined as “a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature.” Originating from the Old Italian grottesca, cave painting, feminine of grottesco of a cave, from the time of its conception, the grotesque has been inexorably linked to art and the female. The work of other female artists that explore themes of the feminine grotesque are discussed, including Katheryn Wakeman, Jenny Saville, and Maria Lassnig. In my current work, I …
The Mercury 2016,
2016
Gettysburg College
In The Chemistry Lab,
2016
Gettysburg College
The Jump,
2016
Gettysburg College
The Mothers: An Exploration Of Memory And Secondary Knowledge,
2016
University of Central Florida
The Mothers: An Exploration Of Memory And Secondary Knowledge, Taylor Battle
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
I consider the experiences of past generations of women in my family and my relationship to them. This body of work began with Bessie, a portrait of my father's mother. I painted it after attending her funeral. I did not have a meaningful relationship with either of my grandmothers. This led me to consider my right to portray them. My need to admit my incomplete memory and avoid the objectification of my subjects caused me to question my perspective. I wanted to memorialize these women to avoid their erasure. Through the progressive abstraction of these women's figures, I chase an …
Death Vegas Valley,
2016
Virginia Commonwealth University
Death Vegas Valley, Eric M. Diehl
Theses and Dissertations
My work explores hallucinatory landscapes of the US American West by using a combination of painting styles outside of the Western painting canon. I cross-reference painting and cinema, interweaving video, acrylic paint and the panorama to create a satirical homage to the history and present state of the USA. However, through an earnest devotion to the medium - both painting and cinema - I find my criticisms also yearn to hold onto a belief in a myth I know to be false.
This is an American History conversation about artifice and consumerism through advertising. I use Las Vegas and the …
Summer Impressions: Coneflower,
2016
Gettysburg College
Subsurface,
2016
University of Montana
Subsurface, Elizabeth J. Huhtala
Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers
No abstract provided.
Commonthought (2016 & 2017),
2016
Lesley University
Commonthought (2016 & 2017), Commonthought Staff
Commonthought
This issue features works created by Lesley University students and covers a broad range of topics. The work itself crosses many disciplines from creative writing to visual arts.
Goddesses Of Color: Interfaith Altars,
2016
Scripps College
Goddesses Of Color: Interfaith Altars, Aimee H. Miller
Scripps Senior Theses
This paper explores the intertwined history of certain goddesses of the Middle East and the Americas. This history informs the original invented contemporary deities that my project centers around. Using recycled materials and collected objects, my project displays two religious altars, one from my heritage and one from my experience living in Brazil. One altar is based on afro-Brazilian sea goddesses, and one is a contemporary imagined interpretation of a Judeo-Christian female figure. The two altars together compose an installation that seeks to unify a pagan practice and two distinct monotheistic traditions while still honoring their separate parts. These parts …
Understanding Postcolonial South Asian Communities Through Bollywood,
2016
Scripps College
Understanding Postcolonial South Asian Communities Through Bollywood, Noor A. Asif
Scripps Senior Theses
Inspired by my personal experience as a South Asian-American, I chose to create a series of paintings that seek to analyze the relationship between South Asians and a Western environment. I was further influenced by Bollywood painted posters, which I argue encapsulate postcolonial aesthetics in the form of fair skin, colored eyes, and exoticism. Moreover, I believe that Bollywood has continued to disseminate these aesthetics to the South Asian collective community. Bollywood and its implicit fascination with the West, in addition to its inherently South Asian identity, embody the struggle that many South Asians face. This struggle, which I as …
Women Surrealists: Muses Or Seekers?,
2016
Scripps College
Women Surrealists: Muses Or Seekers?, Noor A. Asif
Scripps Senior Theses
Surrealism has often been labeled as a misogynistic movement that sought to provide man with an avenue into a higher reality at the expense of the humanity of women. By perceiving the opposite sex as their muses, Surrealist men rendered women as mysterious sources of the marvelous, the name given to the higher realm, which they desired to attain. I propose that Surrealist women were empowered by the fact that ‘woman’, as an abstract concept, and femininity were synonymous with the marvelous. This entailed that Surrealist women had the advantage of being “sources of revelation, as provokers of wonder, dreams, …
L'Art Et L'Amour À Travers Un Amour De Swann De Marcel Proust,
2016
Scripps College
L'Art Et L'Amour À Travers Un Amour De Swann De Marcel Proust, Sarah M. Robertson
Scripps Senior Theses
The esteemed French author, Marcel Proust, revolutionized the way that literature fuses with visual art. Through the detail of his novella Un Amour de Swann, Proust creates a world in which the idolatry of a painting destines one man to a life void of fulfillment in love. This thesis explores the intrinsic connection of painting and literature to love through Proust’s treatment of the Botticelli fresco, Les Épreuves de Moïse, and the carefully crafted lesson that Proust teaches to integrate art into the fabric of life. Proust’s advice reaches far beyond the constraints of his own words, and …
