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Washington University in St. Louis

This is a Present from a Small, Distant World

Abstract

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<p>I make <em>toxic pastoral</em> paintings in the style of the Dutch and Old Masters, and media installations which depict natural landscapes as distanced, deconstructed forms. What I explore most in my practice is our damaged relationship with land and nature, and our capitalist and media ecologies as artificial landscapes which suspend us from the natural. In a dissection of the dualisms of man and nature, and progress and sustainability, I create microcosms of our detached condition.</p>

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Visual Art
Level thesis:degree_level
Thesis
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Graduate School of Art
Year dc:date.available
2023

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Slone, Samantha
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Meghan Kirkwood
  • Jamie Adams
  • Heather Bennett

Subjects

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Rights

Language dc:language
English

Identifiers

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OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:openscholarship.wustl.edu:mfa_visual_art-1018

Chain of custody

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Washington University in St. Louis
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Last updated
2026-07-24
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citation

Slone, Samantha. This is a Present from a Small, Distant World. Thesis thesis, 2023. https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/mfa_visual_art/11