Abstract
I consider the experiences of past generations of women in my family and my relationship to them. This body of work began with Bessie, a portrait of my father's mother. I painted it after attending her funeral. I did not have a meaningful relationship with either of my grandmothers. This led me to consider my right to portray them. My need to admit my incomplete memory and avoid the objectification of my subjects caused me to question my perspective. I wanted to memorialize these women to avoid their erasure. Through the progressive abstraction of these women's figures, I chase an honest representation of my understanding.
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Graduation Date
2016
Semester
Spring
Advisor
Raimundi-Ortiz, Wanda
Degree
Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)
College
College of Arts and Humanities
Department
Visual Arts and Design
Degree Program
Emerging Media; Studio Art and the Computer
Format
application/pdf
Identifier
CFE0006072
URL
http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/CFE0006072
Language
English
Release Date
5-15-2016
Length of Campus-only Access
None
Access Status
Masters Thesis (Open Access)
STARS Citation
Battle, Taylor, "The Mothers: An Exploration of Memory and Secondary Knowledge" (2016). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 4950.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd/4950