Semester
Spring
Date of Graduation
2011
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Type
MFA
College
College of Creative Arts
Department
Sculpture
Abstract
My MFA thesis and supporting exhibition will highlight sculptural work I have created that deals directly or indirectly with circumstances surrounding personal health problems. A recent L4-5 micro-discectomy and the following complications have given much inspiration for my art making. I use this personal narrative as a jumping-off point to create object-based artwork that brings up larger, more universal themes, such as body, disability, pain, and pharmaceutical use. I will explain how the creation of artwork about the process of healing brought with it its own catharsis.
Recommended Citation
Hollingshead, Ron, "Controlled Substance" (2011). Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD). 2208.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/2208