Date of Award

2012

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelors

Department

Humanities

First Advisor

Anderson, Kim

Keywords

Art, Pollution, Water

Area of Concentration

Art

Abstract

From shock portraits where the subject is doused in water, to depictions of people drowning, what began as an investigation of water framed by Shakespeare's Ophelia became a cohesive body of work inspired by the idea of a contemporary Poseidon. Water's destructive and distortion-creating nature was explored through various modes of experimentation in concept and medium. Water's political meaning rose to the surface as the focus turned to companies who pollute and destroy water. Portraits painted in a fauvist manner of 14 heads of companies who have been fined, have killed wildlife, and have ruined people's ways of life drew attention to a general cultural apathy. Considering our dependence on water to survive, we don't know these people and yet we should. Images of the destruction brought on by the actions of accompany the chiton-clad portraits- a reminder of the failures of the Greek gods and of our continued exploitation of water.

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