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Let Us Now Praise Famous Women: Deborah Kass’s The Warhol Project (1992–2000)

Carlin, Abigail
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1243344700

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2009, MA, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning : Art History.
This study examines contemporary American artist Deborah Kass's (b. 1952) series entitled The Warhol Project (1992-2000) in which she draws formal inspiration and stylistic cues from Pop artist and icon Andy Warhol (1928-1987) and creates portraits of Jewish women who had an affect on Kass directly. The main subject of the project is Barbra Streisand (b. 1942), an individual who Kass identified with and idolized. Kass's work is directly linked to both her experience growing up Jewish, and her identity as a lesbian. Her varied and ultimately minority point of view enables her to question orthodox standards of beauty and subjective normalcy. She creates stark contradictions within emphatic popular imagery by depicting strong, independent Jewish women centrally positioned as iconic symbols, who replace typical Pop icons championed by Warhol. Thus, Kass attempts to open the discourse of painting and make it serve as a means of representing herself.
Kimberly Paice, PhD (Committee Chair)
Gila Safran-Naveh, PhD (Committee Member)
Miki Hirayama, PhD (Committee Member)
86 p.
Art History
Deborah Kass; Andy Warhol; Barbra Streisand; Jewish; Contemporary art; lesbian; Pop art

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  • Carlin, A. (2009). Let Us Now Praise Famous Women: Deborah Kass’s The Warhol Project (1992–2000) [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1243344700

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Carlin, Abigail. Let Us Now Praise Famous Women: Deborah Kass’s The Warhol Project (1992–2000). 2009. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1243344700.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Carlin, Abigail. "Let Us Now Praise Famous Women: Deborah Kass’s The Warhol Project (1992–2000)." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1243344700

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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