ART IN HOSPITALS
Exploring the validity of confessional work and how it can be useful to others.
This aim of this project was to visualise my dissertation: ‘Speaking of Self: Does ‘Narcissism’ Constitute Being Cancelled? (The Public Reception of Lena Dunham’s Confessional Work)’. As my dissertation somewhat dispels accusations of narcissism, I decided to reinforce a positive definition of confessional art which places women in a supportive, collaborative light. My audience was women who would feel connected to emotional art, so I collaged immersive cyanotypes: placing my own confessional artworks into images of historical women’s psychiatric hospitals.
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Rosy-May Schofield 2022