Date on Master's Thesis/Doctoral Dissertation
8-2025
Document Type
Master's Thesis
Degree Name
M.A.
Department
Fine Arts
Degree Program
Art (Creative) and Art History with a concentration in Critical and Curatorial Studies, MA
Committee Chair
Sichel, Jennifer
Committee Member
Reitz, Christopher
Committee Member
Stine, Courtney
Author's Keywords
queer; contemporary art; transgender; lgbt
Abstract
This thesis is an exhibition text for the exhibition of the same name held in Schneider Hall Galleries from May 15 to August 21st, 2025. This exhibition explores the work of three contemporary artists – Joshua Jenkins, Drew Scanlon, and Lalana Fedorschak – and analyzes their artwork through the lens of Queer Convergence. Queer Convergence is an exploration of abstracted images of bodies and how we can read these bodies through a queer lens, arguing that the visual language of bodily overlap, melding, and transformation shows the physical form as a site of continual change shaped by shared experience and intimacy. This text combines visual analysis with theoretical analysis to explore how all the included works tie into this theme.
Recommended Citation
Young, Vincent, "Queer convergence: Figurative abstraction in contemporary art." (2025). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 4607.
Retrieved from https://ir.library.louisville.edu/etd/4607
