Make it Plain: MFA Thesis - Metal
| dc.contributor.author | Richards, Shani | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-05-26T14:18:01Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-06-22T14:31:34Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-05-26T14:18:01Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-06-22T14:31:34Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016-05 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/541 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Knowing the history of craft and the material traditions are important to making my work. I insist on having this metalsmithing label, and I purposely challenge and subvert the discourse of what a metalsmith is. As a metalsmith I investigate like an archaeologist, and I search for objects and people that reflect the history of post colonialism in America. I had to take a critical look at the effects of slavery had on this country. How this country was built with was on the backs of slaves. History excludes working class minorities: The faceless and nameless who worked the land picking cotton, digging coal, and cleaning ditches. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States | * |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ | * |
| dc.subject | Sculpture | en_US |
| dc.subject | Jewelry Exhibitions | en_US |
| dc.subject | Art metal-work Exhibitions | en_US |
| dc.subject | Research Subject Categories::LAW/JURISPRUDENCE | en_US |
| dc.subject | Research Subject Categories::INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS::Gender studies | en_US |
| dc.subject | Research Subject Categories::SOCIAL SCIENCES::Social sciences::Sociology | en_US |
| dc.subject | Research Subject Categories::HUMANITIES and RELIGION::History and philosophy subjects::Archaeology subjects::African and comparative archaelogy | en_US |
| dc.subject | Research Subject Categories::HUMANITIES and RELIGION::Aesthetic subjects::Art | en_US |
| dc.subject | Slavery | en_US |
| dc.subject | Postcolonialism | en_US |
| dc.subject | Hair in art | en_US |
| dc.subject | Mass incarceration | en_US |
| dc.title | Make it Plain: MFA Thesis - Metal | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| refterms.dateFOA | 2020-06-22T14:31:34Z | |
| dc.description.institution | SUNY College at New Paltz | |
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