Type of Document	Master's Thesis
Author	Wells, Alair Dyan
Author's Email Address	adw037@msn.com
URN	etd-10122004-135222
Title	Thick Skinned
Degree	Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)
Department	Art
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Kelli Scott Kelley Committee Chair Kimberly Arp Committee Member Leslie Koptcho Committee Member Malcolm McClay Committee Member Tom Neff Committee Member
Keywords	suck body house/home installation sculpture trade hair
Date of Defense	2003-12-03
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract “Thick Skinned” is a series of sculptures using the domestic structure as a metaphor for the body. Issues of sexuality, gender roles, and domesticity are explored in this mixed-media installation. Viewer interaction with the work is encouraged for a complete sensual experience. The body and home are protective, yet fragile and delicately vulnerable. My work confronts notions of beauty and cruelty, bodily function and presence, with a focus on gender-biased social conventions in our culture. Conceptually, the work is autobiographical in nature, as it pertains to my experiences as a woman. Universally, it deals with the merging of sexuality and domesticity. This body of work revolves around a motif that is beautiful and grotesque, yet playful, resulting in a surreal landscape of strange fantasy.
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