Publication Date
Spring 5-2-2025
Document Type
Dissertation/Thesis
First Advisor
Labatte, Jessica
Second Advisor
Obermeier, James
Third Advisor
Giese, Billie
Degree Name
M.F.A. (Master of Fine Arts)
Department
School of Art and Design
Disciplines
Art and Design | Interdisciplinary Arts and Media
Abstract
"Self portraiture does not involve ego, vanity, or narcissism. Self portraiture is an open confrontation with the discomforting feeling of being perceived by others through projecting and encountering one’s own form in strange and delicate parallel realities."
This work confronts issues in the photographic art of self-portraiture through experimentation and metaphysical theories, the issue of an artist dealing with past versions of the self, still life used as metaphor, and the problems and considerations for an artist choosing to make their own tools.
Recommended Citation
Curl, Bernadette K., "Strange Looking Creature" (2025). Graduate Artistry Projects and Performances. 15.
https://huskiecommons.lib.niu.edu/allgraduate-artistry/15
