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.
No comments:
Post a Comment