Streaming Media
Subject Area
Art
Abstract
This thesis articulates my process of conceiving and creating a cohesive body of work based on imagery rooted in the domestic garden. By the depiction of floral motifs, I explore and visit the garden, a place of transcendental importance for me and my father. It now symbolizes a portal between two worlds and a moment and space to have a last conversation with him. By exploring the presence and roles of the garden and the household environment in the work of Myrna Báez and Arnaldo Roche-Rabell the thesis explicates the constant appearance of these elements in my practice. I approach specific moments of personal grief and turmoil while at the same time establish a connection with the concept of homeland by appropriating some characteristics of flora such as its fragility, its ephemerality and its regenerative capacity.
Degree Date
Fall 2017
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.F.A.
Department
Division of Art
Advisor
Noah Simblist
Number of Pages
24
Format
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 License
Recommended Citation
Negroni, Juan A., "The Abandoned Garden_Paintings from 2016 to 2017" (2017). Art Theses and Dissertations. 3.
https://scholar.smu.edu/art_etds/3
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