Date of Award
Spring 5-5-2022
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Art & Art History
First Advisor
Howard Singerman
Second Advisor
Harper Montgomery
Academic Program Adviser
Lynda Klich
Abstract
This thesis looks at the video works of artists Ulysses Jenkins, Ina Archer, and Garrett Bradley and their appropriation of images of Black actors in Classic Hollywood films through the theoretical framework of afropessimism.
Recommended Citation
Seidel, Madeleine A., "Black and Silver Screens: Afropessimism and Filmic Appropriation in Contemporary Video Art" (2022). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_sas_etds/880
Included in
African American Studies Commons, American Art and Architecture Commons, Contemporary Art Commons, Other Film and Media Studies Commons, Theory and Criticism Commons