Material Information |
Title: |
Shared Anxiety, Shared Identity Exploring the Crisis of Subjectivity in the Art Object |
Physical Description: |
Book |
Language: |
English |
Creator: |
Wyllie, Misha |
Publisher: |
New College of Florida |
Place of Publication: |
Sarasota, Fla. |
Creation Date: |
2010 |
Publication Date: |
2010 |
Subjects |
Subjects / Keywords: |
Pop Culture Anxiety Poststructuralism Sculpture Video Art |
Genre: |
bibliography ( marcgt ) theses ( marcgt ) government publication (state, provincial, terriorial, dependent) ( marcgt ) born-digital ( sobekcm ) Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
Notes |
Abstract: |
A poststructuralist notion of subjectivity characterizes the self as inherently decentered and discordant, problematizing the illusion of an autonomous, whole self. Such internal crisis is an apparent flaw in any foreign meaning-making system such as language, or for the sake of this project, the visual language of pop culture. This thesis project explores this crisis of identity through a series of mixed-media sculptures and installations that appropriate elements of pop and consumer culture. Each sculpture conveys this crisis of subjectivity and its conditions, such as anxiety, depression and futility, through narrative and formal paradox. Like Claus Oldenburg and Dana Schutz, bodily limitations are incorporated into the sculptures as allegorical representations of psychic, internal conflict. This project conflates elements of discarded construction materials, hunting camouflage mainstream hip hop, cartoons such as Scooby Doo and kitsch collectibles. I then attempt to subvert the familiarity of this appropriated material in order to expose an unexpected ruptures in the meaning-making system of popular culture resulting in internal discordance. |
Statement of Responsibility: |
by Misha Wyllie |
Thesis: |
Thesis (B.A.) -- New College of Florida, 2010 |
Supplements: |
Accompanying materials: CD of Images; Documentation of work |
Electronic Access: |
RESTRICTED TO NCF STUDENTS, STAFF, FACULTY, AND ON-CAMPUS USE |
Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Source of Description: |
This bibliographic record is available under the Creative Commons CC0 public domain dedication. The New College of Florida, as creator of this bibliographic record, has waived all rights to it worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law. |
Local: |
Faculty Sponsor: Anderson, Kim |
Record Information |
Source Institution: |
New College of Florida |
Holding Location: |
New College of Florida |
Rights Management: |
Applicable rights reserved. |
Classification: |
local - S.T. 2010 W9 |
System ID: |
NCFE004352:00001 |
|
Material Information |
Title: |
Shared Anxiety, Shared Identity Exploring the Crisis of Subjectivity in the Art Object |
Physical Description: |
Book |
Language: |
English |
Creator: |
Wyllie, Misha |
Publisher: |
New College of Florida |
Place of Publication: |
Sarasota, Fla. |
Creation Date: |
2010 |
Publication Date: |
2010 |
Subjects |
Subjects / Keywords: |
Pop Culture Anxiety Poststructuralism Sculpture Video Art |
Genre: |
bibliography ( marcgt ) theses ( marcgt ) government publication (state, provincial, terriorial, dependent) ( marcgt ) born-digital ( sobekcm ) Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
Notes |
Abstract: |
A poststructuralist notion of subjectivity characterizes the self as inherently decentered and discordant, problematizing the illusion of an autonomous, whole self. Such internal crisis is an apparent flaw in any foreign meaning-making system such as language, or for the sake of this project, the visual language of pop culture. This thesis project explores this crisis of identity through a series of mixed-media sculptures and installations that appropriate elements of pop and consumer culture. Each sculpture conveys this crisis of subjectivity and its conditions, such as anxiety, depression and futility, through narrative and formal paradox. Like Claus Oldenburg and Dana Schutz, bodily limitations are incorporated into the sculptures as allegorical representations of psychic, internal conflict. This project conflates elements of discarded construction materials, hunting camouflage mainstream hip hop, cartoons such as Scooby Doo and kitsch collectibles. I then attempt to subvert the familiarity of this appropriated material in order to expose an unexpected ruptures in the meaning-making system of popular culture resulting in internal discordance. |
Statement of Responsibility: |
by Misha Wyllie |
Thesis: |
Thesis (B.A.) -- New College of Florida, 2010 |
Supplements: |
Accompanying materials: CD of Images; Documentation of work |
Electronic Access: |
RESTRICTED TO NCF STUDENTS, STAFF, FACULTY, AND ON-CAMPUS USE |
Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Source of Description: |
This bibliographic record is available under the Creative Commons CC0 public domain dedication. The New College of Florida, as creator of this bibliographic record, has waived all rights to it worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law. |
Local: |
Faculty Sponsor: Anderson, Kim |
Record Information |
Source Institution: |
New College of Florida |
Holding Location: |
New College of Florida |
Rights Management: |
Applicable rights reserved. |
Classification: |
local - S.T. 2010 W9 |
System ID: |
NCFE004352:00001 |
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