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| author | Kayla Elizabeth Johnson |
| title | Disability Art: 'Cripping' the Canon |
| abstract |
This paper examines works of disability art, a contemporary art movement that has developed as a response to the marked absence of disability from the art historical
canon. Disability artists have developed a wide range of artistic techniques that work to protest this exclusion and to suggest that exclusion from the mainstream art
world is symptomatic of the broader social marginalization of disabled individuals. This thesis investigates the ways that disability artists interact with and protest
the art historical canon through the appropriation of visual language established by conventional art movements. Evoking intersections with queer theory and feminist
methodologies, works of disability art transform past inquiries into the self by bringing issues of the body to the fore. By placing these in conversation with
conventional practices, this paper explores the discursive potential of these contemporary reflections on the individual's relationship with society.
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| school | The College of Liberal Arts, Drew University |
| degree | B.A. (2016) |
| advisor | Kimberly Rhodes |
| committee | Margaret Kuntz
Scott Bonn
Barry Burd |
| full text | KEJohnson.pdf |
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