Rebecca Knapp
MA work
MA work
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Studio Scenario 1, Rebecca Knapp
Oil on canvas
I see my current work as a series of self-portraits, as a preposterous egocentric and heroic artist, flexing his/her muscles. Extending beyond earlier investigations of British lad culture and heteronormative masculinity, this series of paintings is absorbed in a self-conscious performance of machismo; simultaneously ridiculing and enjoying class, drag, masculinity, femininity, queer culture, sexual ego and heterosexist 'norms'. By accessing my own prejudices and vanities, an aggressive mockery of normative gender roles is facilitated.
Info
Info
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MA Degree
School
School of Humanities
Programme
MA Painting, 2008
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Contact
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07964 762116
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I see my current work as a series of self-portraits, as a preposterous egocentric and heroic artist, flexing his/her muscles. Extending beyond earlier investigations of British lad culture and heteronormative masculinity, this series of paintings is absorbed in a self-conscious performance of machismo; simultaneously ridiculing and enjoying class, drag, masculinity, femininity, queer culture, sexual ego and heterosexist 'norms'. By accessing my own prejudices and vanities, an aggressive mockery of normative gender roles is facilitated.
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Degrees
- BA (Hons) Fine Art, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London, 2005
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Exhibitions
- The Painting Room, Transition Gallery, London, 2008; Interim Show, Royal College of Art, 2007; Howie Street is Dead, Long Live Howie Street, Royal College of Art, 2007
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Awards
- First Prize, Royal College of Art, Painting Travel Bursary, 2007