Author ORCID Identifier
https://orcid.org/0009-0008-6631-1342
Date of Award
5-12-2023
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
Art and Design
First Advisor
Serena Perrone
Second Advisor
Pam Longobardi
Third Advisor
Craig Dongoski
Abstract
ASCENSION examines my experience growing up as a female member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and how the Church’s visual culture influenced my perception of reality and the ineffable. These paintings and drawings explore the process of deprogramming my visuality. I appropriate sanctioned Mormon imagery and rearrange its narrative by remixing it with images lifted from the mainstream culture I was previously forbidden to engage with and observe. Through this process I expose the Church’s contradictions, problems, and flaws and create new meaning for myself and the viewer. People viewing my work might not see the allusions to LDS teachings, but I enjoy giving viewers the freedom to come up with their own interpretations
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/35331068
Recommended Citation
Hood, Alyssa Ann, "Ascension." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2023.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/35331068
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