Date of Award
Summer 8-2013
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Art and Design
First Advisor
Susan Richmond
Second Advisor
Kimberly Cleveland
Third Advisor
Maria Gindhart
Abstract
The photographic work of contemporary Moroccan artist, Lalla Essaydi, embodies a new artistic hybridity that reflects her nomadic, globalized background. With this work, the artist employs visual symbolism and uses multiple forms of artistic media as a means to analyze her multicultural background. Throughout her series, which spans 2004-present, Essaydi uses both literal and metaphorical representations of space and self as a means to examine the multifacetedness of her national identity and the many gazes that define that identity. She uses artistic production as a means of mediating the collective experiences of her identity in order to negotiate and construct a revised image of self.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/4177167
Recommended Citation
Darrow, Susannah B., "Negotiating Hybridity in the Work of Lalla Essaydi: An Exploration of Gaze." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2013.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/4177167