Klein, Claymation, and Reparation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16782005 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas Wayne Johnson (0000-0002-2613-9217, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 56-58 |
| Publication date | 2012-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Gender and Sexuality (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1524-0657 • E-ISSN: 1940-9206 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/15240657.2012.640234 |
| OpenAlex | W2153311737 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
Armed with clay and a camera, Nathalie Djurberg propels the viewer into a visceral and primitive world of human destructiveness and desire. It's the Mother hones in on the effects of unchecked infantile probing, prodding, and invasion on the maternal body. Melanie Klein's ideas are germane in considering this work, in particular the idea of the depressive position struggle (in this case for both the viewer and the artist) around reparation for what is wrought by destructive impulses
Aesthetics · Art · Epistemology · Physics · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Art, Politics, and Modernism · Philosophy · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism · Posthumanist Ethics and Activism · Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |