Postures

In our present image-laden environment that only seems to keep growing, the nature of how we see and interpret this visual information becomes highly relevant for me in my art. Spectacle, nostalgia, notions of portraiture, theatricality and other visual reflections of our present culture industry, are all elements that I address in my work. It is with these ideas in mind that I construct visual fields where disparate forms and images coexist, forming new narratives aside from their individual isolated implications; incorporating art production methods that construct an evolving dichotomy that contains a sense of play, tension, and irony while evoking references to our current social experiences. Keywords: spectacle, nostalgia, portraiture, collective consciousness, culture industry

Name thesis:degree_name

M.F.A.

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Fine Arts

Year

2008

Author dc:creator

• Sciortino, Natalie

Contributors dc:contributor

• Richard, H.J.
• Hayes, Cheryl
• Jenkens, Lawrence

• spectacle
• nostalgia
• portraiture
• collective consciousness
• culture industry

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/695

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarworks.uno.edu:td-1695