DOI

https://doi.org/10.25772/6ESW-HH57

Defense Date

2020

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Fine Arts

Department

Photography and Film

First Advisor

Justin James Reed

Second Advisor

Sasha Waters Freyer

Third Advisor

Jonathan Molina-Garcia

Abstract

Arts communities are currently reevaluating and restructuring power dynamics within their systems to accommodate a broader range of experience and subjectivity. However, the forces of control are still largely dictated by a broader patriarchal culture. This complicated, tangled dynamic is the focus of my research. Female artists who make work about men or about patriarchy more generally, are consistently subjected to its influence as the dominant cultural experience—the invisible “truth” that everything either is, or acts in reaction to its position. In reality, patriarchy is no longer gender specific. I will be addressing my relationship to it as well as my role within it. I aim to talk about my own female subjectivity; the psychological reality of living within this long-standing societal structure. This project, by examining those things generally left unseen in the creation of artworks, will shed light on the insidious ways we go about disguising domination through language and behaviors.

Rights

© Ashley Goodwin

Is Part Of

VCU University Archives

Is Part Of

VCU Theses and Dissertations

Date of Submission

5-19-2020

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