Date of Award
Spring 4-25-2017
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
Art
First Advisor
Rachel Lachowicz
Second Advisor
David Amico
Third Advisor
Carmine Iannaccone
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© 2017 Adrienne DeVine
Abstract
I am a mixed media artist and my creative process is guided by cultural memory, the materials I use, and the pleasure I find in the activity of making. My compulsion to make things is accompanied by a propensity for scholarship, hence, my thesis exhibition incorporates Index Obscura; a growing visual and text-based corpus of research into the history and presence of African American artists in the tapestry of American art and culture. I work with a variety of materials and techniques, and consider wide-ranging themes, connected by recurring motifs, gestures, and attributes. Abstraction creates space wherein viewers can find their own meaning in the work. My hand is evident in my conscious and intuitive process of making art. I make no effort to hide it. It is a statement of survival. I am here, and this is what I did. Aesthetic Survival.
Recommended Citation
DeVine, Adrienne, "Aesthetic Survival" (2017). CGU MFA Theses. 153.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgu_mfatheses/153
Extended Artist Statement - descriptive of my process and cultural references
Announcement Card Front.jpeg (51 kB)
Aesthetic Survival exhibition announcement (front)
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esthetic Survival exhibition announcement (back)
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Link To Artist's Gallery
https://adriennedevine.com/