Thesis Direction Proposal

The work that I have presented here up to this point has cross referenced the social and political state within the contemporary culture of the United States, especially that of consumerism. I have attempt to appropriate in a discourse conducive to awareness and change within these social boundaries. This concept which I found in the end to be a very hypocritical way to think, as I myself am woven within the very modern day fabric of consumer culture I was responding too. This unsuccessful exploration led me to explore another path that, rather then just a mere reactionary approach to contemporary issues, to one of perhaps a surreal approach with a light heart underscore yet, one that could encompass a vast social insight to the things that bind our pure spirit or the child like state of mind one is bestowed with. This state of being or condition, in my view, is where over time and age complacency emanates.
I believe my aesthetic language resonates between various artistic discourses to cross pollination approaches and various strategies to which I believe is conducive to exploration of this subject matter. I have begun to appropriate various visual languages and symbolism throughout art history in an attempt to invert if not integrate various classical and semi contemporary motifs and there symbolic meaning into my own core nucleus or research upon the restraint of the spirit. It’s within this framework of cultural consciousness, or better yet,”Cultural Capital” that I seek to; through a sort of, gag reflex show the current state of affairs within society as I perceive them. I use materials of a consumer banality nature, that perhaps overlaps the historical discourse in art and even contemporary culture to drive forth a message that I hope the society viewing can if not fully understand at least take solace in. I will attempt to achieve this goal by using various traditional sculptural methods and cultural symbolism. By inverting the artistic discourse and using social metaphors to achieve cohesive discourse within my work. Through this approach, I hope to unmask a consciousness of complacency within our culture, one that specifically deals with the gag reflex of our times.