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CONVERGING ENERGIES: A COMPARISON OF SELECTED WORKS BY JANINE ANTONI AND JOSEPH BEUYS

LIGHT, SANDRA J.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1029514089

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2002, MA, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning : Art History.
This thesis addresses the relationship of select artworks by New York-based artist Janine Antoni (b. 1964) to the oeuvre of Joseph Beuys (1921-1986), German performance artist and sculptor. It discusses a significant number of Antoni's works that bear a striking resemblance to pieces created by Beuys, both visually and through the metaphors that they communicate to the viewer. The concept of life-energies is central to this thesis, however, each chapter focuses on a different genre of expression. Chapter one establishes ways in which energy is explored in the works of Antoni and Beuys, centering on works made with fat. Chapter two looks at the bathtub and the act of washing as metaphors and chapter three examines the artists' investigations of the extended family and their interactions with our animal counterparts. The conclusion considers Antoni's place within recent scholarly criticism that discusses a renewed interest in humanity or the spiritual in contemporary art practice. By approaching Antoni's work from this new perspective I establish the importance of her work in relation to Beuys' and provide new criteria for the interpretation of the chosen pieces, highlighting the underestimated significance of her role thus far within the art world.
Professor Elissa Auther (Advisor)
1 p.
Art History
Janine Antoni; Joseph Beuys; humanity spiritual contemporary art; fat lard; felt bath; animal; skin; birth; warmth; natural materials; art and life; optimism; sincerely; positive

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  • LIGHT, S. J. (2002). CONVERGING ENERGIES: A COMPARISON OF SELECTED WORKS BY JANINE ANTONI AND JOSEPH BEUYS [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1029514089

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • LIGHT, SANDRA. CONVERGING ENERGIES: A COMPARISON OF SELECTED WORKS BY JANINE ANTONI AND JOSEPH BEUYS. 2002. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1029514089.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • LIGHT, SANDRA. "CONVERGING ENERGIES: A COMPARISON OF SELECTED WORKS BY JANINE ANTONI AND JOSEPH BEUYS." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2002. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1029514089

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