Date of Award
Spring 2013
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
Art and Design
First Advisor
Joseph Peragine
Second Advisor
Anthony Craig Drennen
Third Advisor
Matthew Sugarman
Abstract
AMERICA(N) is the exploration of entities that compose my life as an American artist that grew up in a middle-class suburban environment, and the idea of America which encompasses the great American Dream. This existential examination consists of the collecting, documenting and categorizing of information, including photographs of the houses I lived in, portraits of the dogs I have owned, as well as select lists and correspondences from the last few years. Through the accumulation of these items, I seek to analyze and derive meaning and connections amongst all of these things, which exist simultaneously with one another within a close context to my own contemporary existence. The resulting exhibition consists of photo-based paintings, prints, concrete pickets, Astroturf and found objects.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/4064272
Recommended Citation
Liles-Ray, Stefanie J., "America(n)." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2013.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/4064272