Proof of life
Abstract
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Proof of life
- Creators
- Jordan Ramsey Ismaiel
- Contributors
- T.J. Dedeaux-Norris (Advisor)Laurel Farrin (Committee Member)Christopher-Rasheem McMillan (Committee Member)Suzanne Wright (Committee Member)
- Resource Type
- Thesis
- Degree Awarded
- Master of Fine Arts (MFA), University of Iowa
- Degree in
- Art
- Date degree season
- Spring 2024
- Publisher
- University of Iowa
- DOI
- 10.25820/etd.007384
- Number of pages
- vii, 15 pages
- Copyright
- Copyright 2024 Jordan Ramsey Ismaiel
- Language
- English
- Date submitted
- 04/23/2024
- Description illustrations
- illustrations
- Public Abstract (ETD)
Through self-portraiture, my practice makes critical expansions to the ongoing discussions of queer figuration and concerns for the individual as a subject. Using queer theory and futurity studies as the framework for my paintings and drawings, I examine concepts of disidentification and world-making as actions of radical self-care that are conveyed through self-provided partnership. Photographic references of interactions between these self-portraits are staged through processes of composite imagery and digital alteration, and are then translated to the painting/drawing’s surface by way of touch as mark-making. In doing this, I strive to construct a utopic environment where these individuals exist on their own ground; fulfilling desires, longing, and this need for emotional safety. It is through this self-referential method of working that my practice ultimately becomes a mirror for myself as the painter and a glimpse into the painter’s idealized fantasy for the viewer. Furthermore, it is through painting’s convoluted history that I seek to locate my position in figurative work and amend simplified narratives.
- Academic Unit
- School of Art, Art History, and Design
- Record Identifier
- 9984647354002771