Asher P.1 T.1

Michael Amini, Andy Kang

Freddy Tsao, David Lee P.1 T.1

Post-Modern Era Synthesis

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.