Lightning and Rain: Phenomenology, Psychoanalysis and Matisse’s Hand

KrÄ ma, Ed

Lightning and Rain: Phenomenology, Psychoanalysis and Matisse’s Hand

Resource type

Journal article

Creator (person)

KrÄ ma, Ed

Date published

2012

Abstract

A celebrated sequence of slow-motion footage of Matisse’s working hand fascinated philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty and psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan. This paper explores how their analyses figure broader tensions between phenomenology and psychoanalysis, and how this bears upon interpretations of drawings by Matisse and of the graphic trace in the work of Mary Kelly and Susan Morris.

Journal title

Tate Papers

Issue

18

Publisher

Tate

Place of publication

UK

ISSN

1753-9854

Official URL

https://www.tate.org.uk/research/publications/tate-papers/18/lightning-and-rain-phenomenology-psychoanalysis-and-matisses-hand

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In Copyright

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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/