Disability Aesthetics and Agency in Portraiture

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dc.contributorIglesias, Lisa
dc.contributorMrozik, Susanne
dc.contributor.advisorBouton, Ligia
dc.contributor.authorRatzman, Kinsey
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-05T14:04:33Z
dc.date.available2022-07-05T14:04:33Z
dc.date.gradyear2022en_US
dc.date.issued2022-07-05en
dc.description.abstractI create portraits of queer disabled people in my community. In this series, I explore how to navigate the representation of disabled people in portraiture by questioning different historical and modern forms of disability aesthetics in art and media. By prioritizing the sitter’s role in the creation of their portraits as one of the core elements of my practice, I attempt to mitigate the dilemma of determining how to best depict and represent disabled people authentically while avoiding harmful and ableist tropes. I am inspired both by portraitists such as Riva Lehrer, Alice Neel, and Clarity Haynes, along with other disability justice activists, scholars, and disabled artists, such as Bob Flanagan, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha and Alice Wong, who have influenced stylistic and conceptual aspects of this series, and by extension, its accompanying zine. Ultimately, my thesis culminates with an exhibition show, purposefully centering themes of accessibility and viewer engagement in its design.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipArt Studioen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10166/6388
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.rights.restrictedrestricteden_US
dc.subjectdisabilityen_US
dc.subjectdisableden_US
dc.subjectqueeren_US
dc.subjectdisability theoryen_US
dc.subjectqueer theoryen_US
dc.subjectcrip theoryen_US
dc.subjectaccessibilityen_US
dc.subjectpaintingen_US
dc.subjectportraitsen_US
dc.subjectportraitureen_US
dc.subjectarten_US
dc.subjectstudio arten_US
dc.subjectdisability justiceen_US
dc.subjectmediaen_US
dc.titleDisability Aesthetics and Agency in Portraitureen_US
dc.typeThesis
mhc.degreeUndergraduateen_US
mhc.institutionMount Holyoke College

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