Transmogrify

Author

Yehsiming S. Jue, Claremont Graduate UniversityFollow

Date of Award

Spring 5-2015

Degree Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Fine Arts (MFA)

Department

Art

First Advisor

Rachele Lachowicz

Second Advisor

Katie Grinnan

Third Advisor

Anne Bray

Terms of Use & License Information

Terms of Use for work posted in Scholarship@Claremont.

Rights Information

© 2015 Yehsiming S. Jue

Abstract

Teeth are unique to the individual just like fingerprints. I paint human sets of teeth and their stages of mutations to explore the connections between our own naturally occurring inner mutations and our science-enduced rebuilding of these structures from stem cells. These duplicated and mirrored forms originate from teeth stem cells and their ability to regenerate our teeth. I also use teeth in my work because they represent us as a whole yet erase the boundary line of gender; while they still follow a naturally occurring, common process. So we can all relate to teeth, yet they are very personal identifiers.

Link To Artist's Gallery

scholarship.claremont.edu/ysjue_mfate

Recommended Citation

Jue, Yehsiming S., "Transmogrify" (2015). CGU MFA Theses. 102.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgu_mfatheses/102