Date of Award

Fall 12-20-2021

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

Art & Art History

First Advisor

Dr. Emily Braun

Second Advisor

Dr. Harper Montgomery

Academic Program Adviser

Dr. Lynda Klich

Abstract

While living in New York City in self-imposed exile from 1970–78 during his “outlaw period,” the Brazilian artist Hélio Oiticica utilized various aspects of his own marginal/marginalized identity within the United States to challenge political injustice and social hypocrisy through his art.

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