Date of Award
Spring 5-22-2017
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
Art
First Advisor
Daniel Bozhkov
Second Advisor
Thierry de Duve
Academic Program Adviser
Joel Carreiro
Abstract
Theory for a Starving Obese (2017) is both a book and an installation. During the years 2015-2017 I began writing Theory for a Starving Obese; a collection of essays and art criticism about exhibitions that took place in white cubes in New York. I was following my dissatisfaction, and hoped to delve deeper into the question “What is Contemporary Art?” At the end of a process, I sent seventeen envelopes to artists who exhibited solo shows in New York and whose works I have criticized. Each envelope consists of one digital drawing (שרבוט, pronounced Shirbut), DVD with the video Arabesque Mnemotecnichs (1&2&3), A Preface to Theory for a Starving Obese and a piece of art criticism.
Recommended Citation
Shapira Kalter, Ishai, "Theory for A Starving Obese" (2017). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_sas_etds/187
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