Baby of mine

UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)

Emily Furr (Creator)

Institution

The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )

Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/

Advisor

Jennifer Meanley

Abstract: I’ve been exploring. Adventuring and exploring in and out through my fears, questions, anxieties, and excitements through my own narratives; story-telling my way through these present emotions. I use myself in the medium of oil painted self-portraiture as a character for these narratives, investigating my own sentimental pieces and parts-- strong and weak, and what exists in between. I create worlds for myself: painting and finding objects to inhabit these worlds, often as a form of protection from what exists outside of my created space—the present and future. I push against it but also yearn to embrace it. Fear of exposing my vulnerable-self creeps around me and the need for protection is heightened. I use textiles or dense plains of a single color to create a backdrop or landscape, setting the tone for my preciously crafted territory. Tensions between materials mimic tensions I am exploring conceptually. I peek into and question the thin line that often exists between anxiety and excitement and travel back and forth in my chronology attempting to not answer or pacify, but further burrow into questioning my own views of myself and my roles in the world around me.

Baby of mine
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Additional Information

Publication

Thesis

Language: English

Date: 2020

Keywords

Art, Artist, Contemporary art, Contemporary painting, Fine art, Painting

Subjects

Mixed media painting $y 21st century

Self-portraits $y 21st century

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