Asher.p2.t1.Post Modern Synthesis
by Calvin Chan, Brianna Loo, Jane Lu, and Christina Yang
Sigmund Freud was psychological analyst of the post-modern era who studied the science and workings of the mind. Specifically, he dealt with the subconscious; he defined the ego and the superego. Through his work, Freud simplified subconscious influence of human behavior into three categorical “mindsets”.
Freud’s work led many people of the post-modern era to explore and seek understanding of the mechanics of the mind, perhaps in ways that were too quixotically realistic. James Pollack was an artist who created paintings that literally fostered entropy in the seemingly random paint splashes on his canvases. However, these paintings were representative of Pollack’s inner frustrations; he suffered from mental illness and art was his form of self-relief and therapy. Andy Warhol was a visual artist who took common objects and transformed them into representative new figures. Warhol added an unorthodox to orthodox views. Freud’s views transcended through Warhol’s art. Traumatic and life-changing experiences are often times relieved through the minds of people as a source of comfort. Warhol aimed to capture terrifying images of hell and the afterlife, relating not only the reality of an experience, but the thought process that trails after it.
The historical background is very in depth and researched. I can safely say that most of the facts presented are true.
ReplyDeleteThe writing style seems a bit choppy, and does not flow very well. The ideas seem a bit jumbled when reading them. Yet when the reader takes a step back, they are
The intertwining and comparisons of the various artists was well played, yet the fact that the writing style was too jumpy, somewhat hindered the writing.
Overall though, the information presented was very insightful.