Post Modern Synthesis ash.p4.t3

Sigmund Freud was a great thinker of his time. His new ideas about how the human mind and psychoanalysis lead to the huge influence he had in the postmodern era. Freud’s explanation of psychoanalysis was the basis of James Joyce’s stream of consciousness technique. Freud reasoned that conflicts between a person’s conscious and unconscious mind causes emotional problems. Joyce’s written point of view was that of the unconscious mind not yet filtered by the conscious. The ideas of Freud also pushed their way past writings and lead into other art forms like painting and photography. His influence is showcased by Andy Warhol’s Marilyn Monroe picture. Warhol shows Ms. Monroe with many different color schemes this idea can be seen in Freud’s definition of Ego. He saw it as a system of perception, and Warhol distortion of the perception showcased how differently one can perceive something if some of its basic ideas are changed. Warhol also lived in a “Frued-ian” lifestyle. He was an outcast and show cased some of Freud’s theories. Some of the films that Warhol directed also showed Freud’s influence. Kiss, Eat, Sleep and Blow Job were films that showed “the life drive” which was theorized to be the driving force in life. Jackson Pollock was another artist that did the most basic of motions to create art. This could be seen as a type of “death drive” where one uses their energy to empty as if they were about to die. This transforms the meaning from simply a story of a painted object to the story of the actions taken to create the art. The artists of the Post-modern era may not have directly known it but they were greatly influenced by Freud’s ideas. Even now his influence can still be seen.