Beyond Virus

Qu, Shuduo

Beyond Virus

dc.contributor.advisor	Huynh, Kim
dc.contributor.author	Qu, Shuduo
dc.contributor.committeemember	Wong, Yoke-Sum
dc.contributor.committeemember	Xie, Shaobo
dc.date	2022-11
dc.date.accessioned	2022-09-26T22:54:19Z
dc.date.available	2022-09-26T22:54:19Z
dc.date.issued	2022-09
dc.description.abstract	Beneath the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic, we have witnessed not only a global public health emergency but also other social crises, such as anti-Asian racism, the Black Lives Matter movement, etc. The pandemic has created an environment for potential social crises and has exacerbated existing social crises. However, when social and cultural crises explode, art responds to them. As an Asian artist who was educated in China and Canada, the existing social issues toward people of color inform my concerns about North American multiculturalism and my art practice. This thesis is divided into five sections: a brief introduction of the background of discrimination in North America and my art practices (Chapter One); the illustration of art appropriation, text-based and comic style artworks that influence my art practices (Chapter Two); how artists’ works reflect their position on social issues (Chapter Three); my thesis exhibition (Chapter Four); and my conclusion (Chapter Five). This paper, alongside the paintings created for my exhibition, explores the usage of appropriation in my art practice and the strength between original works and my recontextualization as well as the roots of racial discrimination and stereotypes.	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Qu, S. (2022). Beyond virus (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1880/115293
dc.identifier.uri	https://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/40299
dc.language.iso	eng	en_US
dc.publisher.faculty	Arts	en_US
dc.publisher.institution	University of Calgary	en
dc.rights	University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.	en_US
dc.subject	Appropriation	en_US
dc.subject	Paintings	en_US
dc.subject	Racism	en_US
dc.subject	Recontextualization	en_US
dc.subject	Stereotype	en_US
dc.subject	Social Crisis	en_US
dc.subject	Comics	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Art History	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Fine Arts	en_US
dc.title	Beyond Virus	en_US
dc.type	master thesis	en_US
thesis.degree.discipline	Art	en_US
thesis.degree.grantor	University of Calgary	en_US
thesis.degree.name	Master of Fine Arts (MFA)	en_US
ucalgary.item.requestcopy	true	en_US