In my thesis, I examine multiple artistic projects, made as a part of my Masters studies programme in painting. Besides the separate analysis of each work, I will try to extract and define their throughlines, despite both thematic and formal heterogeneity. One of those throughlines is repetition, usually stemming from efforts to fulfill sets of self-imposed rule systems, in which I try to operate as consistently as possible. My thesis is that my subordination and seemingly naive, almost mechanical following of the rules another, almost performative dimension of the work, opens up. Insistence on absurdist actions is used as a tool to expose the hidden foundations of seemingly innocent behaviours, that often turn out to be shaped by rigid social expectations or imparted beliefs. Thematically the works are concerned with positioning of an individual into different spheres of public as well as private lives and their entertainment with artistic practice. I am interested in the ways in which aforementioned expectations, whether actual or projected outwards, and (fictional) representation within the broader cultural framework co-shape an individual's functioning dependent on various contexts, and how artistic practice can restructure some of these operations.
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