Preferred Name
Lynda Bostrom
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ORCID
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4281-9677
Date of Graduation
Spring 2018
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
School of Art, Design and Art History
Advisor(s)
Allyson Mellberg Taylor
Mark Rooker
Lisa Tubach
Abstract
Morpho: Expectations & Mutations is a written document accompanying the culmination of my three years painting at a graduate level. The result of which is an autobiographical body of work navigating the tension of being a human with an invisible disease, while straining to understand Western societal constructs of women. I simultaneously reject these fairy tales as a standard recipe for happiness, yet identify with its visual language that is rooted in the vernacular of my generation. Redefining the elements I reject or embrace helps me to look beyond the boundaries of these constructs, and adopt an attitude of curiosity in finding a greater possibility of human connection and expansiveness. Through rejecting, I am questioning being measured by values I don't believe in, and becoming aware of the reflex to measure others against these learned constructs. Through embracing, I own the responsibility of being a product of this culture, and recognize the importance of extending the conversation of transmutation through our shared vocabulary.
Recommended Citation
Bostrom, Lynda, "Morpho: Expectations & mutations" (2018). Masters Theses, 2010-2019. 572.
https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/master201019/572
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