Abstract
This Product is 100% Unofficial will discuss how I used art, celebrity theory and artist research to support my process in the studio to create the body of work for my Independent Study that will be shown in the Ebert Student Art Gallery. My main subject matter is appropriated photos and videos of Michael Jackson. I sought out to make my audience aware of their participation in the development of a celebrity’s image and how our perceptions of celebrities become distorted through repetition, reproduction in the media. My ideas and research were translated visually by creating pieces made of glass, mirrors, projectors, manipulated photos and video. All of these elements speak to the fragility of not only Jackson’s image but of all celebrities. My research includes that of Andy Warhol, Michael Jackson, Brian Howell, John Berger and Ellis Cashmore.
Advisor
Dierdorff, Brooks
Second Advisor
Mangubi, Marina
Third Advisor
Taylor, Chris
Department
Art and Art History
Recommended Citation
Madden, Paige M., "This Product is 100% Unofficial" (2014). Senior Independent Study Theses. Paper 5950.
https://openworks.wooster.edu/independentstudy/5950
Disciplines
Fine Arts
Publication Date
2014
Degree Granted
Bachelor of Arts
Document Type
Senior Independent Study Thesis
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