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Abstraction, ideology and identity

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dc.contributor.authorHettinga, Maria, author
dc.contributor.authorSimons, Stephen, advisor
dc.contributor.authorDormer, James, advisor
dc.contributor.authorBeachy-Quick, Dan, committee member
dc.contributor.authorRyan, Ajean, committee member
dc.contributor.authorTornatzky, Cyane, committee member
dc.date.accessioned2007-01-03T06:42:50Z
dc.date.available2007-01-03T06:42:50Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractMy graduate work has been in printmaking, specifically monoprints. I print a variety of materials which reference landscape as well as domestic life, including common household materials such as wax paper, plastic wrap, sewing machine-stitched swatches of textiles and paper, tulle and lingerie. My personal biography is instrumental in my work; my cultural identity has played a major role in shaping my personal identity. I was raised in a Dutch immigrant farming community on the rural perimeter of Los Angeles. Domesticity, decorative arts, fashion and femininity were intertwined to create a fixed notion of beauty and to enforce a strict definition of gender roles. My insular, conservative community contrasted with the ever-changing natural environment of Southern California in the 1970s--1990s; the landscape was altered by urban expansion as well as pollution. I make abstract visual references to fashion, femininity and landscape in effort to create imagery which evades easy definition. I employ abstraction to destabilize traditional, taken-for-granted ideological narratives. While challenging authority, I promote a mindful approach to social and environmental progress which acknowledges the complexities of the twenty-first century.
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dc.identifierHettingaDuffy_colostate_0053N_12316.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10217/82604
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
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dc.subjectabstraction
dc.subjectfeminine
dc.subjectfigure
dc.subjectlandscape
dc.subjectmonoprint
dc.subjectprintmaking
dc.titleAbstraction, ideology and identity
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thesis.degree.disciplineArt
thesis.degree.grantorColorado State University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)

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