The novel manuscript Blue Horses (published as Dust, by Random House Australia under its Woolshed Press Imprint, July 2009) focuses on a dusty corner of 1970’s Queensland in this evocative tale of family, shadows that hang over from childhood and beauty found in unexpected places. Its protagonist, Cecilia Maria, was named after saints and martyrs to give her something to live up to. “Over my dead body,” she vows. Her battles with a six-pack of brothers and the despised Kapernicke girls from the farm next door teach her an unforgettable lesson that echoes down through the years. Now she’s heading back to where it all began, with teenagers Jed and Jenna reluctantly in tow. She plans to dance on a grave and track down some ghosts. Instead she learns a new lesson at the gravesite of an old enemy. The exegesis examines Jung’s concept of the Shadow Archetype as a catalyst for individuation in writing for young adults. It discusses the need to re-vision Jung’s work within a feminist framework and contrasts it to Julia Kristeva’s work on the abject. Alyssa Brugman’s Walking Naked and Sonya Hartnett’s Sleeping Dogs are analysed in relation to these concepts and lead into my own creative reflections on, and justification for, use of the Shadow conceptual framework. In following my shadow and establishing a creative dialogue between my conscious intent and unconscious inspirations, I have discovered a writing self that is “other” to the professional writer persona of my past.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T18:14:10Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Lidia Zuin de Moura.pdf: 2168540 bytes, checksum: 23d6920774045a51d86d5d49fcb9ad64 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-06-17 / The objective of this research is to investigate and comprehend the discursive strategies employed in the construction of the images by Gottfried Helnwein, an Austrian photographer and hyperrealist painter. His works reunite the theme of Nazism and violence in a grim aesthetics that dialogues with pop culture characters. The research is divided in three parts: 1. The historic and cultural context lived by Helnwein and the relationship of the public with his images; 2. The cultural universes that influenced Helnwein: Baroque and Tenebrism, Jungian shadow, Viennese Actionism, Pop Art, Hyperrealism; 3. The analysis of the series The Murmur of the Innocents (2009-2013), The Disasters of War (2007-2011), Epiphany (1993-1998) and The American Paintings (2000-2003), focusing specially on the motives of the child, pop culture, Nazism and religiosity. The theoretical and methodological framework is constituted by the image theories of Vilém Flusser and Aby Warburg, by the concepts of archetypical image of C. G. Jung and pop culture of Daniel Boorstin and Roland Kelts / Esta pesquisa visa investigar e compreender as estratégias discursivas empregadas nas construções das imagens de Gottfried Helnwein, fotógrafo e pintor hiperrealista austríaco. Suas obras unem o tema do nazismo e da violência numa estética soturna que dialoga com personagens da cultura pop. A pesquisa se divide em três eixos: 1. O contexto histórico e cultural vivido por Helnwein e a relação do público com suas imagens; 2. Os universos culturais que exerceram influência sobre Helnwein: Barroco e Tenebrismo, sombra junguiana, Acionismo Vienense, Pop Art, Hiperrealismo; 3. Análise das séries The Murmur of the Innocents (2009-2013), The Disasters of War (2007-2011), Epiphany (1993-1998) e The American Paintings (2000-2003), focando-se especialmente nos motivos da criança, da cultura pop, do nazismo e da religiosidade. O quadro teórico e metodológico constitui-se a partir das teorias da imagem de Vilém Flusser e de Aby Warburg, considerando-se também os conceitos de imagem arquetípica de C. G. Jung e de cultura pop para Daniel Boorstin e Roland Kelts

The artist discusses his Master of Fine Arts exhibit, titled DUNIDEDCUDIGUNADIE. The exhibit is to be held at the Tipton Gallery in downtown Johnson City, TN, from April 2nd to April 10th, 2020. A live reception will be held the evening of April 3rd, featuring a performance with the work, titled Look at You! The following thesis explores the artist’s formative years – investigating how childhood experiences combine with artistic and theoretical influences to inform his art-making process.