Identifier
etd-11162006-161946
Degree
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
Art
Document Type
Thesis
Abstract
Mothers Grimm and Other House Held Tales is a body of work that uses fairy tale archetypes and narrative traditions to comment upon tensions and conflicts in sexual self-understanding. This is achieved through a reflection on attitudes that women adopt regarding their own sexuality. Such a reflection is instigated through a presentation of prominent cultural archetypes that exist, no longer as received ideas, but as a bold and entertaining expression of how sex can change our attitude towards those ideas that we often take for granted. Through an assemblage of objects and video, this body of work evokes a domestic setting through the re-creation of the household environment. The viewer is drawn in by fun looking characterizations that, upon first glance, arouses a sense of archetypal nostalgia. However, a closer investigation reveals sardonic humor and associative metaphors that refer to sexual themes, some situated in dark places.
Date
2006
Document Availability at the Time of Submission
Release the entire work immediately for access worldwide.
Recommended Citation
Streekstra, Holly Kay, "Mothers Grimm and Other House Held Tales" (2006). LSU Master's Theses. 3027.
https://repository.lsu.edu/gradschool_theses/3027
Committee Chair
Loren Schwerd
DOI
10.31390/gradschool_theses.3027