Restoring Subjectivity and Brazilian Identity: Lygia Clark's Therapeutic Practice
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ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-ohiou12756223552021-08-03T05:46:29Z Restoring Subjectivity and Brazilian Identity: Lygia Clark's Therapeutic Practice Harper, Eleanor R. Art History Lygia Clark Brazilian Identity This thesis examines the oeuvre of Brazilian artist Lygia Clark (1920-1988) with respect to her progressive interest in and inclusion of the viewing subject within the work of art. Responding to the legacy of Portuguese occupation in her home of Brazil, Clark sought out an art that embraced the viewing subject and contributed to their sense of subjectivity. Challenging traditional models of perception, participation, and objecthood, Clark created objects that exceeded the bounds of the autonomous transcendental picture plane. By fracturing the surfaces of her paintings, creating objects that possess an interior and exterior, and by requiring her participants to physically manipulate her work, Clark demonstrated an alternative model of the art object and experience. These experiments took her into the realm of therapy under the influence of psychoanalyst D. W. Winnicott's work. Expounding upon his theory of the "Transitional Object," Clark's later bodies of work operated specifically within the context of the therapeutic, with the intention of nurturing the subjectivity of her participants. 2010-07-21 English text Ohio University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1275622355 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1275622355 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws. |
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