THE SAVORY EXPERIENCE OF MY CULTURAL HYBRIDITY
Date of Award
2022
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelors
Department
Humanities
First Advisor
Anderson, Kim
Area of Concentration
Art
Abstract
The Savory Experience of Being a Cultural Hybrid is a series of paintings that illustrate how I perceive myself as a hybrid person that incorporates traits coming from my South American roots and the new seeds I am planting in the United States. By painting still lifes of food from Latin America and the American diet, I portray how it tastes to be from both places. As someone who emigrated from Argentina and has lived in Miami, Florida for almost ten years, I have experienced the multicultural effects that inmigration have on a city and its community. I have seen an American eat Colombian empanadas, and a Venezuelan drink Dr. Pepper. This mental picture of a tasteful diversity is what I depict within my works. Through The Savory Experience of Being a Cultural Hybrid I am able to raise awareness around cultural diversity and also share my own story of being a cultural hybrid. Facundo Cabral, an Argentinian artist said “no soy de aqui ni de alla” (I'm not from here nor there). While working on this project I decided to continue what Cabral said by adding that I am a heterogeneous mixture coming from both places.
Recommended Citation
Van Thienen, Magdalena, "THE SAVORY EXPERIENCE OF MY CULTURAL HYBRIDITY" (2022). Theses & ETDs. 6188.
https://digitalcommons.ncf.edu/theses_etds/6188