The Center for Book Arts Opens "Freud on the Couch - Psyche in the Book"
New York—The Center for Book Arts along with Susanne Padberg will feature a collection of works based around concepts and theories of psychoanalysis developed by Sigmund Freud through the medium of contemporary book art. Curated by Padberg, her beliefs that the many psychoanalytic techniques Freud developed are aspects in the analytic process as well as potent inspirations for artistic throughout each of the works within the exhibition.
In a group exhibition, Freud on the Couch - Psyche in the Book, organized by Susanne Padberg, 30 artists’ works have been chosen to exhibit some of the psychoanalytic concepts by Freud through direct or indirect reference. With source material ranging from much of his cultural work, like the ego, memory, the unconscious and so on, each work proves to be another example of Freud’s many concepts and techniques being held important to the analytic process that serves as inspiration to the forces shaping artistic work. Padberg believes “We are surrounded by the issues Freud named and analyzed, and we are also moved by them.”
Artists Include: Thorsten Baensch, Sarah Bryant, Ken Campbell, Crystal Cawley, Maureen Cummins, Anne Deguelle, Gerhild Ebel, Stefan Gunnesch, Karen Hanmer, Anna Helm, Susan Johanknecht, Kurt Johannessen, Janosch Kaden, Burgi Kühnemann, M. M. Lum, Jule Claudia Mahn, Patrizia Meinert, Simon & Christine Morris, Didier Mutel, Susanne Nickel, Yasutomo Ota, Waltraud Palme, Marian St. Laurent, Veronika Schäpers, Robbin Ami Silverberg, Herbert Stattler, Ines von Ketelhodt, Carola Willbrand & Mark Met, and Sam Winston.
Since 1994 Susanne Padberg has been proprietor of Galerie Druck & Buch, Vienna, which specializes in international contemporary book art. As curator she has organized numerous exhibitions, and conferences at galleries, museums, libraries, and art spaces in Frankfurt, Vienna, Seoul, Berlin, and Aix-en-Provence.
Freud on the Couch - Psyche in the Book will be on display at The Center for Book Arts in New York until June 30, 2018
