COLLECTION NAME:
Art and Art History Student Work
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Image Record ID:
aahi0020329
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Work Title (display):
Autumn Room
Image Title:
detail view
Work Description:
Thesis abstract: The work in my thesis exhibition reflects my own musings about concepts such as domesticity and the miniature. Traditionally, the miniature or the dollhouse was a manipulation of surroundings; a suspension of real time. The idea behind these tiny versions of real objects grew from the need to have control over one's estate and, for those less wealthy, a way to own something by proxy. They also have everything to do with desire and perfection. Something obsessive but also eerie exists in a house made for the intent of voyeurism. Dollhouses did not evolve simply for the pleasure of collecting, they served as a catalyst for the owner's fantasies. In the dollhouse one can become a millionaire or a pioneer. // My visual vocabulary also challenges assumptions of taste and beauty. Paintings are supposed to be revered for quality, and yet my paintings use the same adornment as sequin calendars which do not last very long because of their non-archival materials. Ideas of taste and beauty begin with the home which is another reason why I chose to paint interiors. Craft materials beckon to the middle class woman who paints on sweatshirts to make them beautiful. The materials I use are from the everyday and so are the subjects I paint, but I wish to make them special in the same way we make our homes special by decorating them.
Work Dates (display):
1996
Work Dates type:
creation
Work Creator (display):
Kelly Siragusa (American, active ca. early 1990s to present)
Work Creator gender:
female
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female
Work Creator gender
false
Work Creator notes (display):
Written thesis: https://scholar.col
Work Creator UCB affiliation (display):
MFA 1996, Art and Art History
Work Creator memberOf:
Sculpture and Post-Studio Practices student, Art and Art History, CU Boulder
Work Subject:
domesticity
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domesticity
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Work Subject:
miniature (size attribute)
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miniature (size attribute)
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false
Work Subject:
dollhouses
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dollhouses
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Work Subject:
beauty
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beauty
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false
Work Subject:
houses
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houses
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false
Work Subject:
autobiography
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autobiography
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false
Work Subject:
objects
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objects
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false
Work Subject:
religion (discipline)
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religion (discipline)
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false
Work Worktype:
mixed media
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mixed media
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false
Work Category (VRC classification):
sculptures and installations
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sculptures and installations
Work Category (VRC classification)
false
Work Material and Technique (display):
mixed media
Work Measurements (display):
detail piece 18 in (H) x 21 in (W), part of 6 ft (H) x 4 ft (W) total piece
Work Location (Repository or Site) name:
University of Colorado Art Gallery
Work Location (Repository or Site) role:
exhibition
Work Location (Geographic) name:
Boulder, Colorado
Image Rights (display):
© Kelly Siragusa
Work Rights (display):
© Kelly Siragusa
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Holding Institution:
University of Colorado Boulder
Collection:
Art and Art History Visual Resources Center
Subcollection:
Art and Art History Student Work Archive
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