Do you see what I see? : a visual artist's exploration of African American women and obsessions with visual appearance
Abstract
The images in our world that render ideas of prejudice are reciprocally related to racism and sexism and have the ability to make us aware of how we base our evaluations of ourselves and others mainly on visual appearance. In the case of African American women in American society, this is magnified. My art is about my relationship to history and a personal understanding of obsessions with visual appearance. Through portrait painting, performance art and sculptural forms, I am attempting to express a personal interpretation or the collective cultural identity of African American women of my generation in the 21st, century.
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Thesis Completion
2007
Semester
Fall
Advisor
Poindexter, Carla
Degree
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
College
College of Arts and Humanities
Degree Program
Art
Subjects
Arts and Humanities -- Dissertations, Academic;Dissertations, Academic -- Arts and Humanities
Format
Identifier
DP0022704
Language
English
Access Status
Open Access
Length of Campus-only Access
None
Document Type
Honors in the Major Thesis
Recommended Citation
Gipson, Leah R., "Do you see what I see? : a visual artist's exploration of African American women and obsessions with visual appearance" (2007). HIM 1990-2015. 693.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/honorstheses1990-2015/693