Date of Graduation
2015
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Type
MFA
College
College of Creative Arts
Department
Intermedia & Photography
Committee Chair
Robert Boomer Moore
Committee Co-Chair
Jason Lee
Committee Member
Joseph Lupo
Committee Member
Kristina Olson
Committee Member
Shoji Satake
Abstract
This written thesis is created in conjunction to a thesis exhibition shown in the Paul Mesaros Gallery at West Virginia University (displayed March 16th to April 3rd). The work presented in the gallery consists of installation, photography, performance, sculpture, and video. I create work based on my personal past influenced by my everyday life in search of my individual identity within my external environment. Being a Chinese female living in predominantly White areas, my interactions often are laden with preconceptions of who I ought to be. My daily life is affected by a global past. I intend to discourse my research on the representation of Asian women alongside my own ruminations of beauty.
Recommended Citation
Zhang, Xia, "Contemplations of Otherness and Beauty" (2015). Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports. 7145.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/7145