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"If She Could Relax, Don't You Think She Would?"

Anderson, Emma Elizebeth
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1524494193426543

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2018, MFA, Kent State University, College of the Arts / School of Art.
My artwork functions as a personal expression of repressed emotions. I convey various negative emotions through the use of formal elements in my paintings and monoprints. My paintings and monoprints contain anxious and chaotic scenes that function as non-linear narratives from traumatic experiences in my life. The creatures operate as alter egos of myself representing my repressed emotions, or physical characteristics of my appearance. Creating my art allows me to work out personal issues through the use of forms and materials. My art pieces contain various applications of paint, jagged and gestural marks to form the figures, along childlike graphic imagery such as bulging eyes and crooked teeth. The paintings and monoprints contain energetic reds, acidic yellows, and vibrant purples which add to the energy in the work. The ultimate goal of my work is to spark an emotional response within the viewer. Ideally, I would like the overload of hectic information to evoke within the viewer a constant anxious feeling; the same feeling I experience as a result of my battle with anxiety. I am consistently told by others around me to just relax. Through the work the viewer will experience the anxiety that I constantly feel and am unable to escape. If I were able to relax, I would. The overwhelming sensation of anxiety is always with me.
Martin Ball, Mr. (Advisor)
Gianna Commito, Ms. (Committee Member)
Arron Foster, Mr. (Committee Member)
30 p.
Fine Arts
Painting; Neo-Expressionism; Emotions

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  • Anderson, E. E. (2018). "If She Could Relax, Don't You Think She Would?" [Master's thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1524494193426543

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Anderson, Emma. "If She Could Relax, Don't You Think She Would?". 2018. Kent State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1524494193426543.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Anderson, Emma. ""If She Could Relax, Don't You Think She Would?"." Master's thesis, Kent State University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1524494193426543

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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