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    Author
    Richardson, Olivia
    Issue Date
    2022
    Keywords
    Africanist characters
    Blackness
    cartoons
    CMYK
    Color theory
    Data portraits
    Advisor
    Coleman, Aaron
    
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    The University of Arizona.
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    Abstract
    Chromatics is a multimedia installation that explores the complexities of Blackness and the color black through the lens of color theory to analyze and examine the ways we are taught to see race. Chromatics refers to that which is highly colored; of or relating to color and its phenomena and sensations. Growing up in a predominantly white area, I was made aware of my Blackness at a very young age. While I did not fully understand the intricacies of race, I understood that the color of my skin was a major component of what it meant to be Black. This part of my identity has been complicated by my ever-changing environment, rendering me too Black in some spaces or not Black enough in others. In my art education, I was exposed to western color theory and the work of color theorist Josef Albers through his seminal text, The Interaction of Color. His work posits how our perception of a color shifts based on the proximity of that color to another. I employ this optical phenomenon as a metaphor for race, offering an entry point into understanding the depth of racism’s impact. This installation comprises six 2D works on paper and one single-channel video. Appropriation, manipulation, and re-presentation are the strategies used to subvert information presented to the viewer as fact or truth in popular culture, mainstream media, and public and political policy. The video work explores the media’s historical part in perpetuating racial stereotypes while the mixed media pieces deconstruct systems of categorization and seeing that have served as justification for white supremacy. Through drawing, painting and screenprint, I examine and deconstruct pigmented color, specifically the CMYK (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black or Key) process. The overlapping primary colors that contribute to the color black create an intersectional space that recontextualizes black as a central point that brings all other colors together rather than a marginalized absence of color. Imagery from cartoons, public records, and the social media platform TikTok act as recognizable anchors to these theories. These accessible forms of connection allow for the wide flow of information that goes on to influence generations and in turn, reinforce their thinking towards racial and color-coded constructs. Chromatics offers a space for Black individuals to be seen, to rethink the visuality of Blackness, and to educate others on the various ways Blackness is constructed.
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    Electronic Thesis
    Degree Name
    M.F.A.
    Degree Level
    masters
    Degree Program
    Graduate College
    Art
    Degree Grantor
    University of Arizona
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