Date of Award
Spring 5-1-2026
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
Art & Art History
First Advisor
Joel Carreiro
Academic Program Adviser
Steve Locke
Abstract
What is ambiguity, and what purposes could it serve? What is its relationship to ambivalence? Artist Theo Gaffney writes about his practice and posits that ambiguity is not only present in feeling but in form, and marks a step sideways in understanding.
Recommended Citation
Gaffney, Theophilus, "solid ambiguities (ambivalent hermeneutics)" (2026). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_sas_etds/1489
Included in
Art Practice Commons, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies Commons, Other Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Commons, Queer Studies Commons, Sculpture Commons
