Scansion in Psychoanalysis and Art

<p><em>Scansion in Psychoanalysis and Art</em> examines a strain of artists spanning more than a century beginning at the dawn of photography and culminating in the discussion of contemporary artists to illustrate various psychoanalytic concepts by examining artists working in a multitude of media.</p><p>Drawing on the theories of Sigmund Freud who applied psychoanalytic methods to art and literature to decipher the meaning and intention of the creator as well as Jacques Lacan’s dissemination of scansion as a powerful disruption of narrative the book explores examples of the long and rich relationship between psychoanalysis and the fine arts. Whilst guiding readers through the different artists and their artforms – from painting and music to poetry collage photography film performance art technology and body modification – Sinclair interrogates scansion as a generative process often inherent of the act of creation itself. </p><p>This is an intriguing book for psychoanalysts psychologists and creative arts therapists who wish to explore the generative potential of scansion and the relationship between psychoanalysis and the arts as well as for artists and art historians interested in a psychoanalytic view of these processes.</p>