The Beauty in Pain: Masochism, Sexuality, and The Female Body in Art

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Author(s)
Bensel, Natalie
Date Issued
April 27, 2015
Abstract
My senior project is an investigation of power and shame associated with female sexuality. I manipulated video footage to generate a portrait of the uncomfortable familiarity I experienced growing up and being told to be less sexual. The dichotomy between empowerment and oppression in my art is designed to make the viewer question what it means to be free, as well as what it means to be whole while living in a world filled with the ever-existing double standard of sexual equality.
Major
Art: Studio Art
First Reader(s)
Geffen, Amara
Other Reader(s)
Smith, Byron
Department
Art
Type of Publication
Senior Project Paper
Senior Project Image file
Subjects

beauty

masochism

performance art

video art

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Still image from video "Repentance"
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Still image from video "Cuffs"
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