‘AutoAbstraction- An Autotheoretical Analysis of a Post-Feminist Painters Praxis', the title of Dominique’s PhD thesis project, 2021-current, is motivated by her research in phenomenology, feminist aesthetics, color theories, and autotheory. The title is intended as a philosophical, theoretical, and stylistic reference to Dominique's post post-minimal (body-centric), post-feminist (gender inclusive), art historically informed research. The color palette is influenced by her own olive skin color, the Fitzpatrick Skin Type Scale (aka SPF and emoji skin tone charts), a Pantone SkinTone Guide, beauty industry product promotional color charts, and pre-mixed or out-of-the-tube paint colors. Largely due to the skin tone references, many of the works readily lend themselves to psychosexual and/or abstracted figurative interpretations.
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