Fear Not This Body

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dc.contributor.advisorLazure, Timothy
dc.contributor.authorBuss, Carolyn Adda
dc.contributor.departmentSchool of Art and Design
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-04T15:23:31Z
dc.date.available2020-02-04T15:23:31Z
dc.date.created2019-12
dc.date.issued2019-11-26
dc.date.submittedDecember 2019
dc.date.updated2020-01-29T14:30:24Z
dc.degree.departmentSchool of Art and Design
dc.degree.disciplineMFA-Art
dc.degree.grantorEast Carolina University
dc.degree.levelMasters
dc.degree.nameM.F.A.
dc.description.abstractBody shame is an insidious part of Western culture. As a fat woman, I am intent upon expressing and sharing the beauty of bodies that are commonly vilified in an effort to combat that shame. In my MFA thesis exhibition, I present an installation consisting of a series of larger-than-life nude self-portraits alongside a series of enameled objects that I call bodies: these share forms with various stereotypical feminine body types, present diverse skin tones and textures, and feature assorted anatomical features typically coded as unsightly or undesirable. The large portraits envelop the viewer in a fat body and encourage them to pick up and interact with these small enameled representations of fatness. The final portion of the installation is the sticky-note wall; a participatory activity with viewers based on vulnerability research and an experiment I performed within Jenkins Fine Arts Center over the month of September. The work has already helped others, and I expect to continue making body- and fat-positive works in order to continue helping viewers gain their own confidence.
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10342/7645
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherEast Carolina University
dc.subjectmetalsmith
dc.subjectenamel
dc.subjectself-acceptance
dc.subjectfat positivity
dc.subjectfat liberation
dc.subjectbody acceptance
dc.subjectself-portraiture
dc.subjectself-portraiture
dc.subjectbeauty
dc.subjectconfidence
dc.subjectintimacy
dc.subject.lcshBody image in art
dc.subject.lcshBody size in art
dc.subject.lcshFat-acceptance movement
dc.subject.lcshArt, Modern--21st century--Themes, motives
dc.subject.lcshArt and society
dc.titleFear Not This Body
dc.typeMaster's Thesis
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