Throughout the history of psychoanalysis, the study of creativity and fine art has been a special concern. Psychoanalytic Studies of Creativity, Greed and Fine Art: Making Contact with the Self makes a distinct contribution to the psychoanalytic study of art by focusing attention on the relationship between creativity and greed. This book also examines the matter of the self and its ability to be present and exist as the essential element in creativity.
Key Features
- Explores the relationship between creativity and greed.
- Focuses on factors in the personality that block creativity.
- Includes case studies of notable artists such as Robert Irwin, Ad Reinhardt, Susan Burnstine, and Mark Rothko.
- Discusses the ambivalence of artists towards making their presence known.
- References Susan Sontag’s essay on interpretation.
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Psychoanalytic Studies of Creativity, Greed and Fine Art contributes to a long tradition of psychoanalytically influenced writing on creativity, including the work of Deri, Kohut, Meltzer, Miller, and Winnicott among others. It will be of interest to psychoanalysts, psychoanalytic psychotherapists, historians, and theorists of art.
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