Graduation Year
Spring 2011
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Art History
Reader 1
Bill Anthes
Reader 2
Mark Allen
Reader 3
Ciara Ennis
Rights Information
© Ana Iwataki
Abstract
An exploration of the mythologized narratives that the work and lives of Conceptual artists Bas Jan Ader, Ana Mendieta, and Francis Alÿs have created and inspired. By virtue of their biographies, the fetishization of their personalities, and the ways in which this anecdotal information can be read in their work, mythologized narratives have been constructed, allowing for a prolonged interest existing within and without the confines of the art world. These mythologies come together as part of the oral tradition of the art world, a chronicling of narratives that incites continued interest for future generations.
Recommended Citation
Iwataki, Ana A., "Mythic Narratives: The Chronicling of Conceptual Art" (2011). Pitzer Senior Theses. 1.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/pitzer_theses/1
