Western University Scholarship@Western Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository 5-11-2015 12:00 AM Standing For Something Not Present: Contested Representations in Contemporary Art Trista E. Mallory The University of Western Ontario Supervisor Dr. Bridget Elliott The University of Western Ontario Graduate Program in Art and Visual Culture A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the equirr ements for the degree in Doctor of Philosophy © Trista E. Mallory 2015 Follow this and additional works at: https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd Part of the Contemporary Art Commons, Theory and Criticism Commons, and the Visual Studies Commons Recommended Citation Mallory, Trista E., "Standing For Something Not Present: Contested Representations in Contemporary Art" (2015). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 2892. https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/2892 This Dissertation/Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by Scholarship@Western. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository by an authorized administrator of Scholarship@Western. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. STANDING FOR SOMETHING NOT PRESENT: CONTESTED REPRESENTATIONS IN CONTEMPORARY ART Thesis format: Monograph by Trista Elizabeth Mallory Graduate Program in Visual Arts A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy The School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies The University of Western Ontario London, Ontario, Canada © Trista Elizabeth Mallory 2015 Abstract This dissertation