Date of Award
2014
First Advisor
Joan DelPlato
Second Advisor
Jacob Fossum
Abstract
This thesis consists of two parts, one visual and the other textual. For the first section I have created a series of ostentatious paintings concerning the animal subject as a protagonist in our consumer culture. The result was a solo exhibition titled zooccoco by phat glitz, which illustrated animal protagonists in surreal environments packaged as a spectacle. In the written component I have three subsections that explore the ontology of the human and non-human polarities in my own paintings and the paintings of animalière Rosa Bonheur and contemporary practicing artist Maria Pishvanaova. The written part can be considered three essays that emerge from a political position of eco-feminism.
Recommended Citation
Settembrini, Linsen, "Pet Provocateur: Questioning Human/Non-Human Relationships in Visual Representations" (2014). Senior Theses. 870.
https://digitalcommons.bard.edu/sr-theses/870
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Comments
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