COLLECTION NAME:
Graduate Thesis Collection
Record
Title:
Monsters on Main Street
Creator:
Cunningham, Hannah
Subject:
Thesis (M.F.A.) -- Illustration
Subject:
Savannah College of Art and Design -- Department of Illustration
Rights:
Copyright is retained by the authors or artists of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Abstract:
"This thesis will establish that although usually considered a fringe art form, grotesque art reflects
a subversive, irresistible and necessary side of civilized humanity. It is a challenge to the norms of a
culture and appears most prominently when cultural ideologies shift. With advances in communication
technologies happening with increasing rapidity in the digital era, culture is in a constant state of flux.
This instability has led to grotesque art entering mainstream markets at unprecedented levels. The visual
portion of this thesis consists of grotesque illustrations for four different mainstream illustration markets.
The markets are picture book, package design, textiles, and plush characters."
a subversive, irresistible and necessary side of civilized humanity. It is a challenge to the norms of a
culture and appears most prominently when cultural ideologies shift. With advances in communication
technologies happening with increasing rapidity in the digital era, culture is in a constant state of flux.
This instability has led to grotesque art entering mainstream markets at unprecedented levels. The visual
portion of this thesis consists of grotesque illustrations for four different mainstream illustration markets.
The markets are picture book, package design, textiles, and plush characters."
Abstract:
Keywords: grotesque art, contemporary illustration, digital age, internet, historical grotesque,
communication technology, marketability, popular culture
communication technology, marketability, popular culture
Publisher:
Savannah, Georgia : Savannah College of Art and Design
Date:
2018-05
Format:
PDF : 183 pages, illustrations (chiefly color)