Date of Award
Winter 12-15-2021
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
Art
First Advisor
Chitra Ganesh
Second Advisor
Carrie Moyer
Academic Program Adviser
Carrie Moyer
Abstract
Opal Ong’s paintings and drawings are rooted in but larger than memory. The work is flat and graphic. With this practice, Ong makes do with the living memories that haunt her. This process is not nostalgic or sentimental. Instead, it is a meditation on a kind of loss without resolve.
Recommended Citation
Ong, Opal M., "The Curtain Fell" (2021). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_sas_etds/808
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