Between Indoor and Outdoor: The Graffiti and Installations of Barry McGee ("Twist")

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dc.contributor.advisorHowell, Oceanen_US
dc.contributor.authorHwang, Sarahen_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-14T15:56:05Z
dc.date.available2015-01-14T15:56:05Z
dc.date.issued2015-01-14
dc.description.abstractThis thesis traces the transformation of graffiti as it travels from the street to the art institution by closely examining the graffiti and installations of Barry McGee ("Twist"). As a graffitist-turned-artist, McGee looked to his environment and experiences for his art, incorporating the language of graffiti into his installations. They exhibit what I describe as his ethnography of graffiti because he creates them from his unique position as a graffiti writer, representing graffiti as both an aesthetic expression and established youth culture. In order to explain this re-mediation of graffiti, the thesis aligns McGee's works with the sculptural tableaus of Edward Kienholz to emphasize his use of the narrative to bring the audience into both the aesthetic and the social world of graffiti.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/18704
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Oregonen_US
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserved.en_US
dc.subjectBarry McGeeen_US
dc.subjectGraffitien_US
dc.subjectSan Francisco (Ca.)en_US
dc.subjectStreet arten_US
dc.subjectTwisten_US
dc.titleBetween Indoor and Outdoor: The Graffiti and Installations of Barry McGee ("Twist")en_US
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineDepartment of the History of Art and Architectureen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Oregonen_US
thesis.degree.levelmastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameM.A.en_US

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