Date of Award
5-4-2023
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
Art and Design
First Advisor
Jess Jones
Second Advisor
Dr. Susan Richmond
Third Advisor
Jill Frank
Abstract
Where is the line between art and craft? “You can be anything you want to be,” they say, “You can have it all!” Shapeshifter is a playful manipulation of form and language pertaining to my perspective as a woman who creates textile sculptures that question the gendered hierarchies within art and craft. Humor and intuition allow me to reclaim power through cute, colorful, and decorative artworks that satirize the dominant narratives surrounding women’s work and leisure. Shapeshifter plays with the stereotypes of gender, labor, and aesthetics within art history to imagine a world where objects like pyramids and scrunchies are free to assume their own identity and use value. It is a metaphor for the way I adapt in order to assert myself and survive in a male-dominated, capitalist world.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/35399218
Recommended Citation
Kosek, Kate, "Shapeshifter." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2023.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/35399218
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