Date of Award
5-2024
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts - Art
Department
Art
First Advisor
Eden Collins
Second Advisor
Neal Cox
Third Advisor
David Lewis
Fourth Advisor
Dianne Dentice
Abstract
BULL SPIT, formally known as “It’s Bullshit!!”, is an exhibition consisting of seven sculptures, four installations, and one performance. The sculptures are informed by my research on low-income, working-class communities of color, analogous to the one I grew up in. The materials for my work include domestic objects such as bedsheets, hardware, uniforms, and miscellaneous items that reflect the contemporary dysfunctional dynamics between families and communities of low-income backgrounds. Cardboard, plastic bags, Styrofoam, and paper are disposable materials manipulated into abject forms to integrate the survival practice developed from the poverty culture of “making the most out of nothing.” The exhibition is a dichotomy of a child’s dream-like memory of growing up in poverty in contrast to the generational adult perspective of trying to climb to a higher socio-economic class. While the forms and imagery are intended to be grotesque and uncomfortable for the viewer, nothing is more disturbing than the adversity and class disparities low-income civilians face daily.
Repository Citation
Nieves, Sirena and Nieves, Sirena m., "BULL SPIT" (2024). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 557.
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/etds/557
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