Detail View: Art and Art History Student Work:
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Image File Name:
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vrc_20160906_024
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Image Record ID:
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aahi0015480
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Work Title (display):
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Trace (stiches, skin)
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Image Title:
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full view
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Work Description:
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Project statement: Topographies of Pain is an exploration of pain and the act of bearing witness through marks on the body. Whether the result of accident, surgery, or self-infliction, the physical evidence of trauma intimates a deeper internal suffering. These marks serve as maps of individual experience and personal history; memories recorded in the flesh. / Though the photographs feature many different subjects, the work is guided by my own intimate understanding of pain. When I was thirteen I was diagnosed with bi-polar disorder. Unable to cope with my volatile emotions, I tried to assuage the psychological pain in a physical way; I cut myself. As a result my body is covered with scars, a public display of my personal suffering. / This idea of the body as a site of memory and expressed emotion is particularly potent when viewed through a feminist lens. Through the inherently violent act of marring the surface of the female form, it is irrevocably differentiated from the archetypal to the singular. In this way, the marked body challenges the cultural construct of the female form as aesthetic object. / Topographies of Pain grapples with the ethical implications of the act of looking and what it means to bear witness to the pain of others. At once both intimate and aggressive, this relationship is dependent on the willingness of both participants to see and be seen by the other. The photographs work to use this shared vulnerability as a point of connection, collapsing the distinction between self and other where the pain of revealing and the pain of looking at that which is revealed converge.
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Work Dates (display):
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2015
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Work Dates type:
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creation
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Work Creator (display):
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Kellye Eisworth (American, born 1990)
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Work Creator gender:
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female
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Work Creator notes (display):
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Written thesis: https://aahvrc.colorado.edu/luna/servlet/s/fp69a5
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Work Creator UCB affiliation (display):
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MFA 2016, Art and Art History
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Work Creator memberOf:
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Photography (IMAP) student, Art and Art History, CU Boulder
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Work Creator memberOf notes:
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IMAP: Interdisciplinary Media Arts Practices
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Work Subject:
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pain (sensation)
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Work Subject:
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body, human
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Work Subject:
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experience
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Work Subject:
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history (discipline)
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Work Subject:
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memory
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Work Worktype:
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photographs
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Work Worktype:
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photographic prints
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Work Worktype:
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pigment prints
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Work Category (VRC classification):
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photographs
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Work Measurements (display):
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18.25 in (H) x 8.25 in (W)
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Work Location (Repository or Site) name:
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University of Colorado, Boulder. Art Museum
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Work Location (Repository or Site) role:
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exhibition
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Work Location (Geographic) name:
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Boulder, Colorado
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Image Source Reproduction refid:
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batch_20160906_03
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Image Rights (display):
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© Kellye Eisworth
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Work Rights (display):
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© Kellye Eisworth
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Holding Institution:
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University of Colorado Boulder
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Collection:
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Art and Art History Visual Resources Center
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Subcollection:
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Art and Art History Visual Resources Collection
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Collection info and contact:
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For information about this collection, see
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