
HUM 598 / MOD 598
Martha Friedman, (Visual Arts) Jamieson N. Webster, (Council of Humanities)
In this course, students will be invited to view art through the lens of psychoanalysis and psychoanalysis through the eyepiece of art. We will carve psychoanalysis at the joints of neurosis, melancholia, and psychosis, illuminating the underlying phenomenological basis of these self states as refracted through the work of a particular artist, complementary theorist, and the collective unconscious of the cohort as glimpsed through their personal artwork. Excursions into a personal art practice will be guided through class prompts and student-led critiques. No experience in art making or psychoanalysis required.