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"A SEASON IN HELL": DAVID WOJNAROWICZ'S RIMBAUD IN NEW YORKSERIES (1978-79)

HARDIN, JENNIFER L
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1181224804

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2007, MA, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning : Art History.
David Wojnarowicz (1954-1992) was an interdisciplinary artist who rejected traditional scholarship and was suspicious of institutions. Wojnarowicz’s Arthur Rimbaud in New York series (1978-79) is his earliest complete body of work. In the series a friend wears the visage of the French symbolist poet. My discussion of the photographs involves how they convey Wojnarowicz’s notion of the city. In chapter one I discuss Rimbaud’s conception of the modern city and how Wojnarowicz evokes the figure of the flâneur in establishing a link with nineteenth century Paris. In the final chapters I address the issue of the control of the city and an individual’s right to the city. In chapter two I draw a connection between the renovations of Paris by Baron George Eugene Haussman and the gentrification Wojnarowicz witnessed of the Lower East side. Finally, in chapter three I analyze the role that graffiti plays in the series.
Kimberly Paice (Advisor)
78 p.
Art History

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  • HARDIN, J. L. (2007). "A SEASON IN HELL": DAVID WOJNAROWICZ'S RIMBAUD IN NEW YORKSERIES (1978-79) [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1181224804

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • HARDIN, JENNIFER. "A SEASON IN HELL": DAVID WOJNAROWICZ'S RIMBAUD IN NEW YORKSERIES (1978-79). 2007. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1181224804.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • HARDIN, JENNIFER. ""A SEASON IN HELL": DAVID WOJNAROWICZ'S RIMBAUD IN NEW YORKSERIES (1978-79)." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1181224804

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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