All jokes aside

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

Connor Calhoun (Creator)

Institution

The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )

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

Advisor

Mariam Stephan

Abstract: This thesis explores my work over the past two years, with most of my energy being put toward building a bridge between drawing and painting. Spanning many different themes and ideas most of what I have become concerned with during the last few months has been focused on creating whimsical narratives with symbolic rigor that use the self as a means to explore psychological interiors, interior spaces that reference my direct surroundings and everyday life, and a self that embodies the emotional turbulence of a post sobriety wake. Pushing the figure beyond its physical limits, setting it out on symbolic tasks, contorting it into labyrinthine knots all while being badly disguised, ambiguous narratives unfurl, exploring the complex psychologies of recovery, grief, longing and desperation, with humor and irreverence as retainers of hope.

All jokes aside
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Additional Information

Publication

Thesis

Language: English

Date: 2023

Keywords

Drawing, Figure, Humor, Narrative, Painting

Subjects

Painting, Modern $y 21st century

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