Date of Graduation
5-2018
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts in Art (MFA)
Degree Level
Graduate
Department
Art
Advisor/Mentor
Springer, Bethany L.
Committee Member
Mitchell, Marc E.
Second Committee Member
Chioffi, David C.
Third Committee Member
Pulido-Rull, Ana
Fourth Committee Member
Hanson, Alexander
Keywords
Celebrity; Contemporary; Death; Music; Sculpture; Spectacle
Abstract
The purpose of this thesis paper is to tell the story behind, and outline the theoretical and conceptual framework underlying the exhibition, Real Goner. The exhibition combines a number of elements drawn from music and art history, as well as the theoretical writings of Albert Camus, Guy Debord, and Joseph Kosuth. Together, these elements produce a cryptic exhibition that attempts to address the inherent chaos, and apparent meaninglessness of existence; and to see art as a proposition, a performance, and a practice. The exhibition addresses issues of celebrity, the production and consumption of culture, and where that cycle leaves us as lesser participants within the spectacle.
Citation
Cox, N. (2018). Real Goner. Graduate Theses and Dissertations Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/etd/2826
