Title
Date of Graduation
5-2013
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts in Art (MFA)
Degree Level
Graduate
Department
Art
Advisor/Mentor
Kristin Musgnug
Committee Member
Leo G. Mazow
Second Committee Member
Larry Swartwood
Third Committee Member
Sam King
Keywords
Communication and the arts, Art, Fabric, Hybrid, Original artwork, Painting, Toile
Abstract
Toile is a painting series that explores constructions of taste and the semiotics of manufactured fabrics. Through the use of irony, paradox and deconstructions of rhythm, shape, color and form, the paintings are a response to the formal and historical content in the fabric. The idyllic landscape, notions of identity, sexism and liminality are some of the themes considered in the series. The paintings in this exhibition attempt to correct and mediate outdated models of representation through the exploration of painting as a process that is open and malleable.
Citation
Garcia, D. (2013). Toile. Graduate Theses and Dissertations Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/etd/700