The hospital of the body : Maria Lassnig's body ego portraits

Author

Kuspit, Donald

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Arts magazine. 1990, Num. 10, Vol. 64, 68-73, 6 ill. (4 col.)

ISSN

0004-4059

Abstract (en)

Interprets Lassnig's paintings, 1960s-1980s, described as expressionistic self-portraits in which the external representation of the body is eliminated while the internal appearance, the sense of the body as feeling, is revealed. Discusses the impact of Lassnig's 18 years as a student in a convent school in which it was forbidden to touch your body, and the resultant self-alienation/self-splitting which she depicts in many of her canvases.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1945-present -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing -- United States
• Lassnig, Maria, b.1919
• Painting
• Austria
• 1900-2000
• Psychology

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1945-présent -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin -- États-Unis
• Lassnig, Maria, n.1919
• Peinture
• Autriche
• 1900-2000
• Psychologie

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19920701-00427857

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