Why Theory

Psychoanalysis and Aesthetics

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Jan 8, 2020
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INSIGHT

Sublimation Creates Sublime Value

  • Sublimation transforms base desires into aesthetic experiences rather than merely displacing them.
  • Psychoanalysis views sublimation as raising ordinary objects to the dignity of something sublime, especially in art.
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Lacan's Sublimation and Artistic Form

  • Lacan argues sublimation is prerequisite to desire, not just a substitution for it.
  • Artistic form frames the sublimated object, giving the work of art its value and affective power.
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Artist, Audience, and Object Triangle

  • Psychoanalytic aesthetics centers on a triangular relation between artist, audience, and object.
  • Sublimation and shared psychic phenomena create aesthetic value that art audiences recognize collectively.
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