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Pollack is quoted as saying “we are all influenced by Freud.” He paints from his subconscious, which is where Freud believed the inner self, the true intentions came from, and so did Pollack. Pollack is seen by some to just splatter paint on a canvas, but the way he added paint revealed a deeper meaning just how Freud believed dreams revealed a deeper understanding of one’s true aspirations and intentions. Warhol, another infamous post-modern painter added color to images where bland was expected. Warhol’s paintings were focused on the mundane, soup cans, and by adding color, over and over again, by redoing the painting five times, by each version being a source of meaning beyond the obvious cans, he required people to find beauty in common and forced reasoning beyond what was apparent. Freud’s psychoanalysis did just that- forcing reason beyond what was apparent. Of course, the obvious is there, but what did the obvious mean to the painter, what did the action of that person mean to what they experienced as child?

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Surrealism was an important art movement in Post Modern Era. Because of the massive destruction and loss of life brought about by the war, the artists’ motivations were significantly political: to satirize humanity, technology, and even art. Because of the tragedies and destruction
caused by the war, people tended to believe that any faith in humanity's nature and ability to improve themselves through art and culture was unrealistic and unreasonable. In the Post Modern Era, the surrealists were heavily influenced by Sigmund Freud, who was an Austrian founder of psychoanalysis. Freud’s distinction between people’s instincts and desires and people’s rational behavior, inspired many artists to create art and express themselves in a more abstract way in the postmodern era. Moreover, Freud thought that people repress their real desires into the unconscious part of their minds. In order for individuals to enjoy psychological health, he pointed out that they must bring these desires to the awareness of the consciousness. Inspired by Freud, artists of surrealism, especially Pollack and Warhol, supported the idea that ordinary and depictive expressions are significant, but those expressions must be open to the full range of imagination. Freud's work with free association, dream analysis was a groundbreaking way for the Surrealists to convey their messages of imagination. Both Pollack and Warhol were strongly influenced by Freud’s abstract expressions, and Pollack created his unique style of drip painting. More importantly, both Warhol and Pollock’s emphasis on the process of creation and their approach to making art was profoundly influenced by Freud.

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What stands out most in a picture? What makes a painting so interesting to look at? Is it the way that the colors jump out from the canvas? Is the artist skilled enough to realize these thoughts and put them on their work? All of these questions come up when comparing the ideas of the thinker and the painter, which can almost be glommed together. Why were Pollock and Warhol influenced so by Freud? What did Freud have to offer? It is in this thinker’s opinion that the artists Pollock and Warhol intended to make their art a thoughtful piece of work on their own. They aimed to make an art piece an actual intellectual stimulus for the passerby. I believe that their idolization of or simply the inspiration they took from Freud was a very essential element to the construction of their masterpieces. Some of them may have been simple, like the soup can that Warhol painted, or the many lined painting that Pollack made, but both of them serve a purpose: to get the observer thinking. I have just done something they wanted: I made you think about what they created. This is why Freud influenced these artists. They wanted people to think about their creations.

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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.

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As a groundbreaking thinker, Sigmund Freud’s studies and applications of psychotherapy and psychoanalyzing gave artists introspect into the idea that the mind is infinitely faceted – and the perspectives that one could view the world from were as well. Post-Modern greats like Jackson Pollack utilized Freud’s studies on the human brain, in taking advantage of the idea that no one perspective is appropriate to view anything. For example, Pollock’s famous drip paintings, characterized by wild bursts of color and paint, were made title-less because he wanted to put a stop to the viewer’s endless search for any set types of representational symbols or elements in his works, so they could simply feel the piece of art and interpret it freely. Freud also expressed in his studies that artists had a profound ability to effectively express and release their emotions into art, making it therapeutic. A critic once said that Pollock’s pieces of art were simply “mere unorganized explosions of random energy.” However, this actually conveys his unconscious effort to express some sort of pent up personal anger or frustration through his millions of paint drips, symbolizing the complexities of the human mind. On a different note, some of Andy Warhol’s most controversial forms of art – his films – were inspired by Freud’s theories on human sexuality. Warhol’s films like Blue Movie, My Hustler, and Lonesome Cowboys, all played around with human repression and then expression of sexual urges with those of the opposite and same sex – pushing the limits on what was accepted by society. Warhol embraced Freud’s exploration of the depths of the unconscious desires of the human minds, and wanted to show his audiences.

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Sigmund Freud’s findings on psychoanalysis crept upon post-modernism in the regard that post-modernist painters Jackson Pollock and Andy Warhol were sizably influenced by Freud’s highly controversial philosophies and practices. One of psychology’s most important and influential figures, Freud closely studied the inner workings of the mind and the subconscious. In general, Freud fathered what is today known as the id, ego, and superego — three elements of the psyche defined by Freud as the contributing factors to human behavior’s intricacy and complexity. Freud’s breakthrough aided in the categorization of Pollock and Warhol’s subconscious, helping understand what stimulates them to paint the way they do and the underlying meaning behind it all.

An alcoholic and widely influential figure in the post-modernism art scene, Pollock became defined by his signature style of drip painting — abstract art wherein paint is haphazardly dripped or poured over canvas. Pollock’s turbulent lifestyle was split between widespread acclaim and notoriety — the latter largely due in part to his struggle with alcoholism. Although Pollock’s artwork can be generally seen as nothing more than rudimentary splotches carelessly constructed on canvas, it actually came to represent something more than abstract formations — that it wasn’t merely a coincidence that Pollock’s consuming alcoholism manifested and augmented in his paintings that wavered between agitation and social withdrawal. In futile bids to combat his consuming alcoholism, Pollock underwent psychotherapy as a possible outlet for his battle with alcohol. According to Freud’s definition of the id — predominantly fueled by pleasure — Pollock can be typified by his subconscious id and the primal need to satisfy his wants for immediate gratification.

On the other hand, Andy Warhol’s iconic contributions to pop art, ranging from Campbell’s soup cans to Marilyn Monroe, were directly linked to his subconscious yearning to beautify everything from Hollywood celebrities to everyday mundane household items. Warhol’s one-of-a-kind paintings with hues on opposite ends of the spectrum and unrealistically colored human faces gave way to the interpretation of his work as definitive of how Warhol wanted to represent his subjects according to neon colors. One of Freud’s fundamental theories about the human subconscious that was reflected in Warhol and his personal emotions and sentiments of his subjects was analogous to Pollock’s in same sense that Warhol’s obsession with fame and celebrity culture equated to the id.

Trent Kajikawa, Naomi Krieger, Daphne Liu, Wilson Muller

Asher.p4.t9 Post Modern Synthesis Question

Freud’s research was deeply related to psychology and the unconscious mind. Every idiosyncrasy, slip of tongue, dreams, and so on is connected to hidden mechanisms going on within the mind. What we call our will is actually to some extent an illusion we created. Our conscious ego is constantly under pressure from our unconscious id and superego. With the topic being relevant to how people see themselves, there is little surprise that his work has influenced our culture and its artists with its interpretation of the human mind. His ideals of the unconscious and dreams somewhat led to a mindset of the abstract and perceptions of the human mind which can be seen in Pollack’s drip paintings and Andy Warhol’s portrayals of popular products and celebrities. Psychology techniques led to Pollack incorporating Jungian concepts in his paintings. Pollack’s drip paintings may, as Freud’s research suggests, actually be controlled by some internal dynamics going on within Pollack’s mind – each stroke is somehow influenced by something that is unconsciously going on. Warhol’s paintings and messages deal with people’s obsession with the famous relates to the id; equating fame with desire and so on, Warhol may have become somewhat aware of this notion of id and painted to show that despite their desires for fame and wealth, they still all enjoy a Coke the same way a celebrity or a bum would, that essentially we are all somewhat the same in some respects. However, overall, their concept of abstract art by both artists came from the sensibility established by Freud’s research.

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Sigmund Freud was a psychoanalyst during the Post Modern Era. He studied the science of the human mind, more specifically the subconscious, which sets the tone for the rest of your life. Freud formed this complex philosophy during the post modern era which he compares to a hidden drawer at a person’s desk, full of documents which the person had no idea about. He concluded that this ‘hidden drawer’ shapes the entire person’s life and personality. Freud theorized that the human personality is composed of three basic parts, the id, the ego, and the superego. His philosophies influenced many writers and artist during this era that began to try to reflect what’s on their mind, or even more complexly their subconscious on their piece. This philosophy moved a large amount of artist and writers who are still well renounced today such as James Pollack and Andy Warhol. For example, Pollack reflects his subconscious onto his art work with splashes of random colors and explosions, although it may not mean much to the common eye, it reflects what’s going on in the artists mine. From the looks of his paintings you can conclude that he has a lot of frustrations and possibly mental problems. Pollack’s art incorporated Freud’s philosophies by releasing bottled up emotions through his Id. As well as Pollack, Warhol also had to find a way to express his subconscious. He found a way to do this from Freud’s theories and philosophies. Warhol would express his subconscious mind by using well known figures, such as idols or everyday common things like soup cans to introduce a new meaning or perspective on the object. His paintings reflected his subconscious which to us may seem random but in fact has a meaning to himself. Freud’s philosophy allowed artists to peak into their subconscious and reflect what is there onto their piece of art which shaped this time period greatly. Freud influenced many artists during the post modern era and brought new perspective to the world as it was forming to the next era.

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Sigmund Freud had a significant influence on the painting of Pollock and Warhol. Freud has been a historical figure during the post-modern era and his contributions had a huge influence in the realm of science. He introduced the ID, ego, and superego and his research helped people picture how the human mind operates. Freud pointed out that the mind has a set of wants and needs that humans crave until they are satisfied. This idea was similar to Jackson Pollock and Andy Warhol’s perception of a person’s needs as compared to their desires. Freud influenced the paintings of Pollock is a indirect manner. Pollock had a drinking problem and went through psychotherapy in order to fight the problem. Pollock’s doctor used man of the teachings and ideas from Sigmund Freud in order to help Pollock overcome his desires and turn them into art. Because of this, Pollock’s paintings often reflect the very ideals that Sigmund Freud himself thought of. For Warhol’s case, Warhol’s paintings often included hints of Hollywood in them. Warhol’s discovering of his ID helped him throughout his career as an artist and his representation of Hollywood. Warhol would never have discovered his ID without the help of Sigmund Freud. While Freud’s influences on Pollock and Warhol were not direct, his ideals and thoughts influenced these two great artists significantly.

Team 7. Period 2. Steven Li. Arin Nam. Siena Palm. Mackenzie Forman.

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Reginald Pollack, an artist with a very unusual style, owed his creativity to the whirlwind manner in which his mind operated. Disturbed by the ghastly images he saw during World War II in the Aleutians, and by his mental illness, Pollack used art as a way to express himself, and found great success in this field. During his life he would undergo a sort of self psychotherapy that fed into his brilliance. He found what Sigmund Freud called his Id, his innermost animalistic self; the self haunted by alcoholism, and put it into art. Sigmund Freud one of the great minds in the fields of psychology, and the founder of psychoanalysis described the humans state of being as existing in one of three levels. The Ego, the Superego, and the Id, were the levels of existence for the human mind, and the Id is what we try to suppress most; the Id is the part of our mind that is animalistic, pleasure seeking, and all around living in a state of incongruity with societies demands. Freud felt that exploring a person’s mental state lied in exploring the parts of the human mind, and that is just what Pollack did with his art. Through some of his most famous paintings, “Guardian’s of the Secret”, “The She Wolf” and “Peace March”, Pollack creates a most surreal image of the world, one that is dominated by a splattering of colors, unusual lines, and odd scenes. This image is his way of describing his Id, the way he sees the world in a most basic and primal way. The images he sees evoke many different emotions within him, and he expresses the cacophony of ideas with a cacophony of colors and abstract images.
Andy Warhol, perhaps one of the most famous artists of this era, went through many of the same emotions. He saw what society perceived to be perfect (at least superficially); celebrities such as Marilyn Monroe were major figures in the public eye, and Warhol was equally fascinated by not only the glitz and glamour of Hollywood, but by the art that is present in the everyday life of an American. He would analyze his world, much as Sigmund Freud would, by analyzing what emotions where evoked in the deepest parts of his mind. By painting Marilyn Monroe in many different colors, he is expressing the many different emotions that the images of Hollywood in general would stir in the deepest part of his mind. Sigmund Freud’s idea of looking deep into the mind allowed both of these artists to fully express every part of themselves and reveal what was going on in the most primal level of their being.

August Mawn, Tom Allen, Zachary Gershman, Daniel Pon

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Sigmund Freud was a significant historical figure that lived during the postmodern era. Sigmund’s contributions played an enormous role with in the scientific and possibly also considered the medical field; introducing the discovery of ego, ID, and superego. Sigmund’s research brought forth the description of the human mind’s subconscious desires and need; Freud was also able to differentiate the difference of craving and need with a set regulation of the difference between the two. Two other similar figureheads would be Jackson Pollock ad Andy Warhol that also wanted to find the delicate equilibrium between need and the illusion of their desires.

Andy Warhol was known for his own contributions toward the genre of Pop in the art. As one of his own signature behaviors, he would also incorporate Hollywood celebrities within his art works. This came to because Warhol held a high fascination for Hollywood’s prestige. He held “Hollywood” so high with in himself that he was once even quoted saying, “I love Hollywood….. Everything’s plastic, but I live plastic. I want to be plastic”. Linking together with Freund’s thoughts, Warhol discovered his ID, and that his irrational thought of being “plastic” would be impossible; so instead Warhol represented himself through the artwork that he created.

Now onto Jackson Pollock, Freud’s influence was directed more toward Pollocks behavior. Having a drinking problem, Pollock went through psychotherapy, and his therapist/doctor later recommended Pollock to turn towards an artistic way of releasing his desires. Freud related toward Pollock because in an indirect way, Pollock’s doctor used many of Freud’s understanding and thoughts to practice on Pollock. Due to this indirect influence, many of Pollock’s art held Freud’s concepts.

Freud managed to influence both Warhol and Pollock, and subconsciously convey these thoughts and beliefs into their art. Warhol’s art reflected largely on the “ID” trait, as he played off his desires. Pollock on the other hard, emphasized a lot of his are on his own emotions and instead tried to regress his “ID”, which was obviously his alcoholic addiction.

Team 6- Kevin Cheung, Raymond Yonami, Alex Park, Bryce Cheng

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Sigmund Freud is known as one of the greatest influential individuals of the 1900s and the Post-Modern Era, especially regarding his theories on the subconscious mind. He founded the psychotherapeutic school of thought known as psychoanalysis, which is based on the observation that many factors that a person may be unaware of can contribute to emotions and behavior. He also founded the principle of id, ego, and superego that drives the personality through aspects such as instinct, morality, and ethics. During the Post-Modern Era, the zeitgeist was led by subjective views rather than objective, and the interpretive views became different depending on each individual. Freud's work became very prominent in interpreting these views according to his theories on the subconscience and the mind's emotions. His theories influence many psychologists, writers, and artists, some of which include Jackson Pollock and Andy Warhol.

Jackson Pollock is most notably famous for his abstract paintings and was once called "Jack the Dripper" by Time magazine due to his drip-and-splash style of painting. His paintings were very surrealistic due to the fact that they were composed of simply the dripping of brush strokes and pouring of paint in a non-comprehensible manner for many people. Freud's theories of the subconscious had a great impact on his works; his art was shaped by his own personal feelings of struggle and history of alcoholism. As he underwent psychotherapy to treat his alcoholism, he eventually founded the way for future abstract expressionist painters. Because his artwork lacks any direct shape or form for a person to interpret objectively, one must look deeper and interpret it based on his or her own subjective views and desires. Whether knowingly or unknowingly, Pollock had employed Freud's theories in a visual manner.

Andy Warhol was another artist who had displayed Freud's influences on the subconscious mind. Unlike Pollock's abstract impressionistic style, Warhol became an icon for pop art during the 1950s. His style included silk-screening in order to give an "assembly-line" effect on his works, which represented the mass media of celebrities such as Marilyn Monroe and the mass production of everyday items such as soup cans. He would draw these figures and repeatedly produce them again, but in a different color scheme to induce a new perspective and perception of the object of the painting. Freud's theory of psychoanalysis comes into play here by connecting Warhol's own subconscious feelings with his artwork that became so well known during the pop art culture of the Post-Modern Era.

Freud's theories had a significant impact not only on these two artists, but changed the way society views the conscious and subconscious mind. These views are reflected in not only art, but also in writing and other aspects of everyday life as well.

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Sigmund Freud, one of greatest psychologists in the twentieth century, had a great impact upon the post-modern writers and artists. Freud focused his study on science of the mind, also known as subconscious. He defined and discovered multiple theories, one of them being what we know today as Superego, Ego, and Id. Freud also helped shape our views of childhood, memories, personalities, as well as sexuality through those three "mindsets" he came up with. Freud's theories influence d multiple writers and artists in the post -modern era, for example, artists Jackson Pollock and Andy Warhol applied Freud's conscious mindset and reflected on their artworks.

Pollock, an artist of the time, closely related to Freud's theories and the influences were shown on his artwork. According to Freud's Id theory, it is driven by the pleasure of the person, which strives for immediate gratification of all desires, wants, and needs. If these needs aren't satisfied immediately, the result could possibly lead to extreme anxiety or tension. As an alcoholic, Pollock was not able to satisfy his desire in his life, thou, he suffered extremely anxiety. The doctor told him to release his anxiety issues through drawing and printing, most of his artwork reflected his thoughts and conclusions. Through the concept of Freud's Id theory, it had greatly influenced Pollock's artwork.

Another artist influenced by Freud was Andy Warhol. Warhol was known for his artwork regarding advertisements and celebrities in Hollywood. The colorful artwork brought out the personalities of each celebrities, it was part of influence of Freud because the color Warhol used weren't chosen at random. It reflects the emotions and feelings Warhol felt about each celebrities, and it was one of the mindset theories from Freud.

Freud's great influence upon the artist of the era truly brought the color into this world. They followed their own subconscious and created something unique and different from the previous eras.

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Post-Modern Era Synthesis Question

Sigmund Freud was a great thinker during the 1900’s. He is most famous for coming up with ways to access the subconscious. Though most of his work went into analyzing the subconscious, he highly admired artists for their ability to merely access their subconscious through their art. Freud left a legacy of deep thinking and deeper meaning. His observations regarding art caused people to view art through a different lens; splotches of paint were not merely that, they could represent how that artist views the world, how he expresses his emotions, or how he connects himself to the world. Without knowing it, Freud had left an unbounded influence upon artists and their observers.

One artist that was influenced by Freud was Jackson Pollock. Pollock is known for his abstract art, oftentimes only painting what appear to be paint splotches. Freud would say that these so-called paint splotches are expressions of Pollock’s emotion, possibly conveying his anger towards someone or something. Most of Pollock’s work consists of paintings of people, but painted with a mixture of curves, colors, and textures. The abstractness of his paintings of these people may represent how Pollock feels about each of the individuals he came across; perhaps a dark colored eye representing an inner darkness within this person, or a jagged edge representing a harsher perception of this person. In one of his paintings, “The She-Wolf”, the true message of his painting is reflected through the darkness of colors used, the rugged lines, and the vague images of humans mixed throughout the painting.

Another artist influenced by Freud was Andy Warhol. Warhol was famous for his art regarding advertisements and celebrities. He painted famous celebrities in an assortment of colors. One of his most famous paintings was one of Marilyn Monroe-her skin a deep pink and eye shadow an electric blue. Freud influenced Warhol because he gave meaning to the different colors. The colors were not just chosen at random, each color represented how Warhol saw this person. The colors could represent Warhol’s perception of the person, the person’s emotions, or even represent a historic event. The meaning behind Warhol’s paintings is far deeper than bright popping colors.

Freud’s true influence was not only among psychoanalysis, or writers, but also among artists. He showed the world that the colors, the textures, and the lines artists create are no coincidence. The meaning behind these seemingly unconscious actions are actually a bridge to the artist’s subconscious.

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Sigmund Freud was a well-known and highly acclaimed Austrian neurologist, who discovered the basic ideals of psychoanalysis. Freud’s desire to discover and need of knowledge led him to actively pursue an education of microscopic neuro-anatomy. Freud’s research on the subconscious mind and repressions directly influenced the era of the time – The Post-Modern. This people of this era lived in constant apprehension, worry and discontent. Society has just witnessed World War II, and believed that another outbreak would likely occur. Because of this, the general mindset of this era was of indifference; that there was no crucial reason to live life. These nihilist-like ideals combined with Freud’s realistic disposition, spurred many feelings and influential notions in minds of writer James Joyce, Pollack, as well as Warhol. James Joyce’s writing style was predominantly of a stream of consciousness. He embodied textured symbolism throughout his novels and essays, all the while incorporating one key central theme throughout: the stages of one’s life through maturity, and the way in which each stage represents and affects’ one’s own identity. Artist Pollack painted depictions which represented his true emotions. He was well-known for his artistic style, identified as drip painting. This is type of painting is open to a plethora of interpretation; it is simply a scattering of paint onto an empty canvas. Freud was an advocator of open representation; Pollack embodied what Freud believed in. Pollack was also known to suffer from a severe mental illness, which further intensified his drip paintings. In “Eyes in the Heat,” Pollack infuses soft, pastel colors with sharp black tones to create a melodramatic ambiance. This cluttered painting is mostly in soft colors, with hints of black peaking underneath. This can depict how Pollack expressed his inner most thoughts, which he generally hid from the public, into his paintings. Andy Warhol, on the other hand, portrayed objects in a larger than life manner. His work is known to explore the relationship between self-expression, celebrity culture as well as advertisement. In his painting of the iconic Marilyn Monroe, he strategically created four boxes in which her face was painted and shaded a different color. He does this in a means of making an iconic woman appear nothing but ordinary. We as people are made the same; if we see an image many times - it becomes instilled, engrained into our minds. Similarly Freud believes that that which we see multiple times becomes engrained into our minds. Our association with that particular image then serves as a comforting method, to which we can always relate to.

Jessie Yen, Ruhi Sharma, Sidney Gerst, Rachel Clauss. TEAM.8.

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Janelle Li

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Post-Modern Era Synthesis Question

Sigmund Freud was a notable psychoanalyst who lived during the post-modern era. His contributions to science included several aspects of the subconscious, one of these being the discovery of Id, ego, and Superego. By describing the human’s unconscious wants and desires, Freud was able to establish a balance between the cravings and strict regulations in people’s lives. Similarly, artists Jackson Pollock and Andy Warhol wanted to find a balance between their struggles and/or desires as well.

Andy Warhol was known for his contributions to pop art. As one of his staples, Warhol was constantly incorporating different celebrities in his artwork due to his fascination with Hollywood glamour. His infatuation was so great that he said, “I love Hollywood… Everything’s plastic, but I love plastic. I want to be plastic.” Tying in with Freud’s definitions, Warhol realized his Id and his desire to roam through life as a “plastic” Hollywood star. However, he realized it was irrational. Through his artwork, he was influenced by his subconscious Id to portray aspects of life that he found beautiful and desirable.

With Jackson Pollock, the influences of Freud were directly related to his behavior. As an alcoholic, Pollock underwent psychotherapy, and his doctor later encouraged Pollock to draw and make art as a way of release. Many of these theories and practices that Pollock’s doctor used derived from Freud’s original thoughts and conclusions. Due to this, Freud influenced Pollock, and many of Freud’s concepts were revealed in his art.

Both Warhol and Pollock were able to grasp Freud’s ideas towards the subconscious and fittingly, subconsciously incorporated these beliefs in their art. Warhol’s art emphasized the “Id” factor as he played upon his desires while Pollock’s art emphasized the release of his bottled emotions as he was trying to suppress his own “Id,” which was alcoholism.