Aesthetic of the subversion and the violence in Francis Bacon and Frida Kahlo’s WorKs of Art

Authors

  • Catarina Pinheiro Serviço de Psiquiatria, Hospital Prof. Doutor Fernando Fonseca, EPE
  • Maria João Dias Serviço de Psiquiatria, Hospital Prof. Doutor Fernando Fonseca, EPE
  • Alda Rosa Serviço de Psiquiatria, Hospital Prof. Doutor Fernando Fonseca, EPE

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25752/psi.4008

Keywords:

Creativity, Violence, trauma, Aesthetic Impact.

Abstract

Having Frida Kahlo and Francis Bacon ́s work as a starting point, the authors discuss the dimensions of violence and trauma present in their creative forms and on the impact produced on the spectator. They also reflect on its connections with the clinic on the impact/countertransference phenomenon and its transformational possibilities.

Published

2009-12-31

Issue

Section

Original Articles