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ORCID
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0353-8626
Access Type
Campus-Only Access for Five (5) Years
Document Type
thesis
Embargo Period
5-13-2027
Degree Program
Art
Degree Type
Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)
Year Degree Awarded
2022
Month Degree Awarded
May
Abstract
A Space In-Between, is a series of works that explores a balance between two radically different cultures that the artist identifies with through visual language. The experience of immigration as an Iranian body in a Western context is investigated through works in sculpture, photography and video. By using the language of materials, the artist explores the diasporic space regarding class, gender, and ethnicity. The practice of creating Iranian designs with American products such as a muqarnas from cigarette cartons from her family’s convenient store in Bessemer, Alabama, or creating a chadorfrom Mossy Oak camouflage, acts as an effort to visualize and harmonize her experience living between Iranian and American culture.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.7275/28914691
First Advisor
Shona MacDonald
Second Advisor
Mahwish Chishty
Third Advisor
Alexis Kuhr
Creative Commons License
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Recommended Citation
Khademi, Cima M., "A Space In-Between" (2022). Masters Theses. 1193.
https://doi.org/10.7275/28914691
https://scholarworks.umass.edu/masters_theses_2/1193