Artist’s Name: Remedios
Varo
Title of Artwork : Woman Leaving the Psychoanalyst Date of Work : circa 1960
In ‘Women Leaving the
Psychoanalyst’ there is a woman wearing a cloak holding a face and a basket.
She is leaving what I assume is the psychoanalyst and holding the face over a
well. A part of her veil is also falling
with a face in it. There are dark clouds above her. Varo’s lines are very clean
and straight, everything is very geometric. The right side is also brighter and
lighter than the left. There is smoke coming from the door wrapping around her
ankles.
Because the psychoanalytical theory
deals with making the unconscious
conscious by releasing repressed emotions and experiences, I feel that
the basket she is holding is a basket of burdens and the face is her hand is
that of a prominent male in her life like her father. She is dropping the face
into a well because it is no longer a burden and as she releases it a part of
her veil, which masked her true identity, falls with it. The smoke seems to be leaving with her but it
is wrapped along her ankles pulling her back in to release the rest of her
burdens. The right side of the image, which is significantly lighter, brighter,
and vibrant, symbolizes the light coming to save her from the darkness that
surrounds her.
I feel this piece is very
successful, even before learning the title of this piece I had a similar idea
of her releasing some type of past burden. I feel the way I do about this piece
because I just finished learning about Freud’s psychoanalytical theory and I
have a huge interest in psychology and a tendency to relate all art to something psychological.
Artist’s Name: Ronen
Goldman
Title of Artwork : At The Chime Of The City Clock Date of Work : unknown
In This picture there is a woman, a sack a reaching hand,
and a building.
I think the photo is depicting how this woman is so consumed
by her bag of burdens that she doesn’t notice the clock chime and is being
pulled away by some force.
I think this piece is successful, it’s simplistic but it has
a dream like feel. For example it I see it as the opposite of the common dream of
someone being chased.
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I feel like both pieces have to do with stress. One is a
painting and the other is a photo. Both depict a woman and some type of bag. Neither woman's face is fully revealed. In one the woman is relieving herself of a
burden whereas in the other it seems she is being dragged away from her
problems.
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