Date of Award
Fall 12-2020
Document Type
Thesis
College
College of Visual and Performing Arts
Degree Program
Fine Arts
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts
Thesis Advisor
Shaun Cassidy
Committee Member
Claudia O'Steen
Committee Member
Karen Stock
Keywords
Nurture, Sculpture, Feminist theory, Performance art, Fluxus, Nel Noddings
Abstract
Nurture is a series of sculptural and performative works created to explore the emotional and psychological effects of objects as they relate to familial memory and the various processes one uses to nurture and express love. These moments incapsulate the need for comfort and connection, the need to be nourished, the need for protection, and the need to remember. The filmed interactions with each individual sculpture evoke the natural relationship of emotional release to the processes of remembering and healing.
By using sculpture as a residue of performance and creating work that serves as a memory of interaction and experience, Lauren Taylor League investigates connections between humans by blurring the distance between the artist, the art, and the audience. This thesis statement explores aspects of feminist theory, the historical use of Fluxus, Nel Nodding’s The Ethics of Care, Darwin’s classic essay, Emotions in Man and Animals, and Maurice Halbwachs’ theories on collective memory.
Recommended Citation
League, Lauren Taylor, "Nurture" (2020). Graduate Theses. 126.
https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/graduatetheses/126
Included in
Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Commons, Performance Studies Commons, Sculpture Commons
