Semester of Graduation
Summer 2024
Degree
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
The School of Art
Document Type
Thesis
Abstract
Családi (Magyar/Hungarian) adjective: related to the family; related to the home
CSALÁDI is a compendium of paintings and sculpture that narrate and itemize memories, mementos, and feelings from my childhood in relation to the home. It is an autobiographical agglomeration of objects and spaces that I am honoring and remembering through the act of creating. I am effectuating the feminine and maternal instinct of gathering and arranging my memories pertaining to personal history and inherited cultural identity through altar-making. Idiosyncratic items are collected and bound through color association and sensory memory. Constructing interior and exterior spaces of the home in a series of large-scale paintings wherein Proustian memories were involuntarily recorded through a child’s lens. These works serve as a fragmented memoir of my családi.
Date
6-24-2024
Recommended Citation
Nagy, Joelle, "CSALÁDI" (2024). LSU Master's Theses. 6002.
https://repository.lsu.edu/gradschool_theses/6002
Committee Chair
Kelley, Kelli
DOI
https://doi.org/10.31390/gradschool_theses.6002
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