Degree Name
MFA (Master of Fine Arts)
Program
Art
Date of Award
5-2016
Committee Chair or Co-Chairs
Andrew Scott Ross
Committee Members
Scott Contreras Koterbay, Ralph Slatton
Abstract
The artist discusses the work in DollHouse, her Master of Fine Arts exhibition on display at Tipton Gallery, Johnson City, Tennessee from January 25 to February 5, 2016. The exhibition was an installation consisting of five sets, each containing furniture - both 2D and 3D - and a mask with instructions relating to a room found within a dollhouse.
The sets and supporting thesis explore the ideas of social norms, feminism, and identity, and how submission to ideologies can create emptiness, while engagement can prompt social change. Topics include the process and evolution of the work and the artists who influenced it, ideas of identity and society, and the impacts of social norms on young women’s lives. Included is a catalogue of the exhibition.
Document Type
Thesis - unrestricted
Recommended Citation
Goller, Whitney, "DollHouse" (2016). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 3065. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/3065
Copyright
Copyright by the authors.
Included in
Audio Arts and Acoustics Commons, Fiber, Textile, and Weaving Arts Commons, Interactive Arts Commons, Interdisciplinary Arts and Media Commons, Painting Commons, Sculpture Commons, Women's Studies Commons