Inside the Freud Museums: History, Memory and Site-Responsive Art (International Library of Modern and Contemporary Art)
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| Rating | : | 4.26 (558 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1780762062 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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Joanna Morra is Reader in Art History and Theory at Central St. She is the Founder and Principal Editor of the Journal of Visual Culture. Martin’s College of Art and Design, University of the Arts, London. . About the Author Dr
Sigmund Freud spent the final year of his life at 20 Maresfield Gardens, London, surrounded by all his possessions, in exile from the Nazis. In this remarkable book, Joanne Morra offers a nuanced analysis of these historical museums and their unique relationships to contemporary art. Now museums, both of these spaces resonate powerfully. Since 1989, the Freud Museum London has held over 70 exhibitions by a distinctive range of artists including Louise Bourgeois, Sophie Calle, Mat Collishaw, Susan Hiller, Sarah Lucas and Tim Noble and Sue Webster. Taking us on a journey through the ‘site-responsive’ artworks, exhibitions and curatorial practices that intervene in the objects, spaces and memories of these Museums, Joanne Morra offers a fresh experience of the history and practice of psychoanalysis, of museums and contemporary art.. The long-term home and workspace he left behind in Vienna is a seemingly empty space, devoid of the great psychoanalyst’s objects and artefacts. The Sigmund Freud Museum Vienna houses a small but impressive contemporary art collection, with work by John Baldessari, Joseph Kosuth, Jenny
Dr. . She is the Founder and Principal Editor of the Journal of Visual Culture. Joanna Morra is Reader in Art History and Theory at Central St. Martin’s College of Art and Design, University of the Arts, London