Date of Award

2019

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelors

Department

Humanities

First Advisor

Anderson, Kim

Area of Concentration

Art

Abstract

This art project is a culmination of research in Medieval and Gothic Christian culture, coupled with contemporary politics and social commentary on gender, identity, sexual freedom, and reproductive rights. Through an examination of the culture wars and development of the Religious Right and rise of anti-abortion propaganda, my thesis explores political iconography as a way to reaffirm personal freedom relating to gender, identity, and reproductive rights. Stained glass windows are simulated through screen printing on Plexiglass, a new technique of my own creation. Depicting narratives concerning the oppression of queer and female-bodied people and the need for the feminist and queer1 movement to build an intersectional coalition. Ideas arising from Adrienne Marie Brown’s Emergent Strategy and Cohen’s Queer Aesthetic frame my understanding of identity politics and inspire my visual imagery and discussion of contemporary artists Kent Monkman, Kehinde Wiley, and Trenton Doyle Hancock.

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