Turn-on's and edible friends: an imaginal menagerie

Identifier

etd-06152012-101240

Author

Matthew Ryan Henderson, Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical CollegeFollow

Degree

Master of Fine Arts (MFA)

Department

Art

Document Type

Thesis

Abstract

Turn-on’s and Edible Friends explores alternative sexual behavior. Societal standards have an overwhelming interest in imposing judgment upon sexual identity. The imagery is influenced by taboo and peculiar sexual fetishes. Animal personifications of the fetish are used as satire to detach the viewer from the action, and also as a metaphor for the reins with which the general public takes control over our private relationships. Thus the work becomes confrontational with the viewer and forces them to question their perceptions and comforts about sexual identity.

Date

2012

Document Availability at the Time of Submission

Release the entire work immediately for access worldwide.

Recommended Citation

Henderson, Matthew Ryan, "Turn-on's and edible friends: an imaginal menagerie" (2012). LSU Master's Theses. 1330.
https://repository.lsu.edu/gradschool_theses/1330

Committee Chair

Arp, Kimberly

DOI

10.31390/gradschool_theses.1330