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Academic Level at Time of Creation
Senior
Date of Creation
Spring 4-23-2021
Artist Statement
Memory is a complicated thing. We often long to hold unto the past, but struggle to actually remember it accurately. We place such importance on memories that we continually collect artifacts to remember things by. We take pictures to remember moments. We hold onto personal items to remember people. We often display these artifacts and spend so much time with them that we place more importance on the objects than the memories associated with them. The relationship with our past and our past selves is complicated. It is both the same person we are now, and a completely separate person from who we are now. We tend to romanticize our past selves even though our memory of that self is inaccurate. In my work, I focus on reconnecting those objects to the memories, and addressing the attachment we have to them. I break down the process of memory, and depict the lack of clarity we have around memory. I also address the relationship we have with our past selves and how we have changed. I tend to use simplified figures and bits of color to obscure memories, in the same way our memories and self are distorted over time. I paint on frames and other storage items in order to communicate our tendency to store and sort our memories in a safe place to be accessed later. I also paint on other found objects to portray our inclination towards connecting our memories to random yet specific objects
Advisor/Mentor
Danielle Muzina
Description
Three Faced
Acrylic on paper pasted on wood
12”x19”
Hidden Identity
Acrylic on paper pasted on wood
15”x7”x5”
Performance
Acrylic on panel
23” x23”
Ocean
Acrylic on paper pasted on wood
19”x18”
Broken Childhood (Part 1)
Acrylic on vinyl record
7”x7”
Broken Childhood (Part 2)
Acrylic on vinyl record
7”x7”
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
Recommended Citation
Netherton, Emily, "BA/BS Senior Show" (2021). B.A./B.S. Practicum Group Exhibit (ART 499). 48.
https://digitalcommons.murraystate.edu/art499/48