Thick Skinned is a series of sculptures using the domestic structure as a metaphor for the body. Issues of sexuality, gender roles, and domesticity are explored in this mixed-media installation. Viewer interaction with the work is encouraged for a complete sensual experience.
The body and home are protective, yet fragile and delicately vulnerable. My work confronts notions of beauty and cruelty, bodily function and presence, with a focus on gender-biased social conventions in our culture.
Conceptually, the work is autobiographical in nature, as it pertains to my experiences as a woman. Universally, it deals with the merging of sexuality and domesticity.
This body of work revolves around a motif that is beautiful and grotesque, yet playful, resulting in a surreal landscape of strange fantasy.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LSU/oai:etd.lsu.edu:etd-10122004-135222 |
| Date | 21 October 2004 |
| Creators | Wells, Alair Dyan |
| Contributors | Kelli Scott Kelley, Malcolm McClay, Kimberly Arp, Tom Neff, Leslie Koptcho |
| Publisher | LSU |
| Source Sets | Louisiana State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-10122004-135222/ |
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