Date of Award
Spring 5-30-2020
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
Painting
First Advisor
Kevin Zucker
Second Advisor
Craig Taylor
Third Advisor
Jackie Gendel
Abstract
I am invested in the idea of painting as a container for the psychological. Much of my research is concerned with the role of gothic fiction as a means of processing individual and collective fears and anxieties during times of rapid social, technological, and political change. Drawing a connection between literary fiction and the fiction of the painted image, I attempt to translate some of the ambitions of fiction writing into the realm of painting. I have a proclivity for the fantastical and the melancholic, which have remained as abiding themes in my work at RISD. This thesis will consist of a series of essays that present the research and thoughts motivating my work and address where my work points toward outside of itself.
Recommended Citation
Bandel, Braden, "Frankenstein, Ruins, & Twilight" (2020). Masters Theses. 483.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/masterstheses/483
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