| Description |
By using objects associated with the western notion of "home", my MFA thesis exhibition,"A Loving Struggle", looks at relationships, communication, and the awkwardness of authenticity. Home objects and furniture suggest ideas of comfort, stability, and community. Reference to the domestic space brings the mind to moments of intimacy and inevitable vulnerability. As participatory art pieces, the work in this exhibition plays on the flux between the clumsy and stable points of connection we share as we search for moments and spaces that accommodate the development of relationships and our notion of selfidentity. This current research intertwines with my research as an art therapist in which I examine perception, sensory awareness, empathy and the subjective experience of the artist and the viewer (psychotherapeutic relationship). My clinical counseling research has encompassed investigation into the intersubjective space within clinical art therapy practice. |
