Artwork Collection

01 For Jurying Consideration

Exploring the hazy and disembodied perception of dissociation, external landscapes are presented as sites of internal detachment (loss of self/reality). Entirely painted in acrylic with an airbrush, there is no physical connection between me and the canvas/ground. The lack of physicality, both in the process and effect of airbrushing, relates to the work’s disconnect.

Painting

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You're Like Water, I'm Like Glue
You're Like Water, I'm Like Glue

Installation

You're Like Water, I'm Like Glue

Installation view of my thesis body of work, You're Like Water, I'm Like Glue.

I Felt Your Shape
I Felt Your Shape

Painting

I Felt Your Shape

Part of my final thesis body of work, “You’re Like Water, I’m Like Glue.”

With Limp Arms I Can Feel Most of You
With Limp Arms I Can Feel Most of You

Painting

With Limp Arms I Can Feel Most of You

Part of my final thesis body of work, “You’re Like Water, I’m Like Glue.”

Nerve, Nerves (teary-eyed boy)
Nerve, Nerves (teary-eyed boy)

Painting

Nerve, Nerves (teary-eyed boy)

Part of my final thesis body of work, “You’re Like Water, I’m Like Glue.”

orbiter (boy)
orbiter (boy)

Painting

orbiter (boy)

Part of my final thesis body of work, “You’re Like Water, I’m Like Glue.”

Work by

Connor Rothe

Painting

“You’re Like Water, I’m Like Glue explores dissociation as the loss of self/reality, as a state of complete mental detachment. Mirroring sentiments of loss, loneliness, disembodiment, and...” [More]