Date of Award
Spring 5-1-2026
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Art & Art History
First Advisor
Uchenna Itam
Second Advisor
Howard Singerman
Academic Program Adviser
Lynda Klich
Abstract
Through the work of Tiona Nekkia McClodden, Patty Chang, and Jes Fan, alongside performance, cinema, cultural figures, and twentieth-century sculpture, the thesis argues that the surface of contemporary works reveals the inextricability of aesthetics from technologies of gendered racialization, sexuality, and sensation.
Recommended Citation
Kitahara, June, "Surface Gestures: Contemporary Sculpture, Material, and the Possibilities of Finish" (2026). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_sas_etds/1491
