Semester
Spring
Date of Graduation
2022
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Type
MFA
College
College of Creative Arts
Department
Printmaking
Committee Chair
Joseph Lupo
Committee Co-Chair
Hannah Freeman
Committee Member
Hannah Freeman
Committee Member
Jeffrey Moser
Committee Member
Michael Sherwin
Abstract
This written document is the accompanying thesis for my Master of Fine Arts Exhibition, Bitter Sweet. The exhibition featured traditional framed prints with sculptural accents that reveal brutally honest negative personal experiences, interactions, and emotions, paired with delicately cute aesthetics. My work embodies the necessity of personal artistic expression to process years of emotional repression. The prints and sculptures in the exhibition focus around a collection of insults and harsh comments coupled with feelings of loneliness and isolation. I allow personal vulnerability to show, to reinforce that these moments have molded and shaped who I am and will continue to do so. My aim is to illustrate the reality of a contradictory and bitter sweet existence, and give the viewer the time and space to feel or experience similar emotions.
Recommended Citation
Kesty, Hanna M., "Bitter Sweet" (2022). Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports. 11155.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/11155