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“Meaning”: Part-2: Liminality, Abject, and Transformation

Ernesto Neto (b. 1964) is a contemporary artist from Brazil. He uses installations to create spaces that create feelings of … More

Abject, art, Brazil, Catherine Malabou, Contemporary art, Ernesto Neto, Finland, Helsinki, installation, Julia Kristeva, Kiasma, meaning, Object, Post-humanism, Psychoanalysis, Subject

“Meaning”: Part-1: self-image, metaphor, mysticism, and poetic images: a psychoanalytic perspective

In a very interesting study, the psychoanalyst Gisela Pankow (Pankov & Synodinou, 1989) refers to a case of a psychotic … More

alchemy, art, Hillman, Jung, Kristeva, meaning, metaphor, mysticism, Pankow, poeti images, Psychoanalysis, self-image, Winnicott

Limassol Harbor: a liminal space where anxieties and hopes for modern Cyprus meet.

Ports and harbors are places that unite differences in time and space. They are places where an encounter with the … More

anxiety, art, artist, artists, Cyprus, expressionism, futurism, harbor, Lemesos, Limassol, Michael Michaelides, modern art, modernism, modernity, painter, Painting, port, Realism, Salih Oral, sea

Photojournalism, form follows discourse.

Artist: Alfred StieglitzTitle: “The Steerage”Medium: Photogravure, 33.4 × 26.4 cm. In Alfred Stieglitz’s photo “The Steerage” (1907), we see a … More

analysis, art, discourse, discrimination, migration, photography, stieglitz

Place de la Concorde, empty space

Artist: Edgar Degas Title: “Place de la Concorde” (1876) Characteristics: Oil on Canvas. (78.6 cm x 117.5 mm) Keywords: alienation, … More

art, Edgar Degas, emptiness, existential, meaning, modernity, Painting, Paris, Place de la Concorde, Realism, space

“Home”, an artistic exploration of the estranged familiarity.

Artist: Mona Hatoum Title: “Home” (1999) Characteristics: Wooden table, 15 steel kitchen utensils, electric wire, 3 light bulbs, software and … More

art, Freud, installation, meaning, Mona Hatoum, Psychoanalysis, space, Tate, time, uncanny, unheimlich

“Basketball”, a Mediterranean modernist artwork.

Artist: Christoforos Savva Title: “Basketball” (1959) Characteristics: mixed media on cloth, 198 × 111 cm Keywords: hybridity, anti-colonialist, diversity, spatial fluidity               … More

analysis, art, Christoforos Savva, criticism, Cyprus, hierarcy, hybridity, mediterranean, postcolonial, postcolonialism, postmodernism

Sun Tunnels, an artwork by Nancy Holt

Artist: Nancy Holt Title: “Sun Tunnels” (1976) Characteristics: Land Art, Concrete tubes Keywords: Death, unknown, fear, community             The Land … More

analysis, art, death, meaning, nancy holt, space, sun tunnels, time

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