The Abject to the Sublime
Otherness in the Art of Francis Bacon
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21204145 |
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| Authors | Mark Winborn (0000-0002-3707-0681, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 132-145 |
| Publication date | 2022-07-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Jung Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1934-2039 • E-ISSN: 1934-2047 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/19342039.2022.2088998 |
| OpenAlex | W4294073777 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
This article engages the concept and experience of otherness, or the “stranger within,” through the artwork of Francis Bacon. Bacon’s artwork is explored utilizing Jung’s concept of the shadow; Bion’s interrelated concepts of β-element, α-element, α-function, containment, and reverie; and Burke’s concept of the sublime. The encounter with otherness, so essential to the analytical process, as well our engagement with the world around us, is also central to Bacon’s art. Bacon’s work both confronts and reveals. Through distortions of figure, expression, and space Bacon meditates on the abject, distorted, disfigured, and painful aspects of experience
Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Political science · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Sublime · Borges, Kipling, and Jewish Identity · Computer Science · Law · Literature, Magical Realism, García Márquez · Philosophy · Psychology · Themes in Literature Analysis
| Highly cited | No |
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