Degree Name
MFA (Master of Fine Arts)
Program
Art
Date of Award
5-2020
Committee Chair or Co-Chairs
Mira Gerard
Committee Members
Scott Contreras-Koterbay, Andrew Scott Ross
Abstract
The artist discusses his Master of Fine Arts thesis exhibition “the emotional plague” held at the Reese Museum in Johnson City, Tennessee from March 2nd through March 27th, 2020 in which he examines a number of literary and invented narrative subjects influenced by science fiction, Surrealism and the current political climate in an attempt to reconcile the social and the personal through the creative act.
Largely improvisational in their conception, the paintings and drawings in this exhibition reflect ideas derived from writers, thinkers and artists including Wilhelm Reich, J.G. Ballard, W.S. Burroughs and Goya, all distilled through the uncertain territory of Raynolds’ personal, internal landscape. He utilizes an amalgam of characters, tropes, and stories as metaphorical expressions of social psychosis and decay.
Document Type
Thesis - unrestricted
Recommended Citation
Raynolds, Nicholas, "the emotional plague" (2020). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 3773. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/3773
Copyright
Copyright by the authors.