LOVE STORY

I think of my paintings as pop songs. My aim in the work is to embrace a complicated femininity, championing and questioning the aesthetics of girliness, cuteness, and whimsy. This is the realm of the Young-Girl. The text that follows will chart a path from the cliché to the empathic—holding hands w...

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Main Author: Weaver, Grace
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Published: VCU Scholars Compass 2015
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Online Access:http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/3861
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spelling ndltd-vcu.edu-oai-scholarscompass.vcu.edu-etd-48192017-03-17T08:28:28Z LOVE STORY Weaver, Grace I think of my paintings as pop songs. My aim in the work is to embrace a complicated femininity, championing and questioning the aesthetics of girliness, cuteness, and whimsy. This is the realm of the Young-Girl. The text that follows will chart a path from the cliché to the empathic—holding hands with philosophical comrades in that same territory, ranging from Taylor Swift to Kaja Silverman—seeking the way in which the paintings relate to the grand tradition of the love story. 2015-01-01T08:00:00Z text application/pdf http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/3861 http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4819&context=etd © The Author Theses and Dissertations VCU Scholars Compass Painting Fine Arts
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Fine Arts
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Fine Arts
Weaver, Grace
LOVE STORY
description I think of my paintings as pop songs. My aim in the work is to embrace a complicated femininity, championing and questioning the aesthetics of girliness, cuteness, and whimsy. This is the realm of the Young-Girl. The text that follows will chart a path from the cliché to the empathic—holding hands with philosophical comrades in that same territory, ranging from Taylor Swift to Kaja Silverman—seeking the way in which the paintings relate to the grand tradition of the love story.
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