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Connor Rothe

Nerve, Nerves (teary-eyed boy)

Painting
2024
acrylic on canvas
36" x 42"
Part of my final thesis body of work, “You’re Like Water, I’m Like Glue.”

“Viewing “You’re Like Water, I’m Like Glue” as a whole, ‘Nerve, Nerves (teary-eyed boy)’ is the center of the installation. More specifically, the superimposed figure marks the centerline and the point in which the other paintings are placed in relation to.Disembodied, the dissociator’s skin is permeable and transparent, they are unable to grasp, only to soak through.”

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

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Connor Rothe

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“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]