A counter-narrative analysis of psychological riot in contemporary painting

Title: A counter-narrative analysis of psychological riot in contemporary painting
Creator: Ng’ok, Ivy Chemutai
ThesisAdvisor: Simbao, Ruth Kerkham, 1969-
ThesisAdvisor: Poole, Tanya
Subject: Painting -- South Africa
Subject: Painting -- Psychological aspects
Subject: Distress (Psychology) in art
Subject: Imperialism in art
Subject: Violence in art
Subject: Patriarchy in art Political art
Date: 2018
Type: text
Type: Thesis
Type: Masters
Type: MFA
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/60458
Identifier: vital:27782
Description: I am rioting against a system of my own beliefs about the world. In my mind, I struggle to overcome these beliefs, hence, I construct the psychological riot as ‘the disturbance of the mind’. In this mini-thesis, I argue that it exists in the psyche too. This definition of psyche becomes painterly. My psychological riot is difficult to trace, let alone paint. The beliefs that I target are patriarchy within a post-colonial context. I use theories that are simultaneously psychological and corporeal. They address violence colonialist system. The psychological riot is an practical submission.
Format: 68 pages, pdf
Publisher: Rhodes University, Faculty of Humanities, Fine Art
Language: English
Rights: Ng’ok, Ivy Chemutai

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