Mental illness is something that has plagued humanity for as long as we know. Back in the day, mentally ill people were often misdiagnosed because of the lack of knowledge about the illnesses. Drawings from the 1800’s that depict humans dealing with mental health issues classify them as mania, hysteria or demonic possession. Even in 2015, we still do […]
Artworks from Prinzhorn's landmark text in the history of thinking about mental illness and creativity.
Безумие. --------------------- АЛЛЕГОРИИ БЕЗУМИЯ --------------------------------- The Tree of Folly growing in the centre, between four rows with scenes that exemplify folly, each with its explanatory text Etching Attributed to Ambrogio Brambilla Date 1575-1590 Il Mondo e per lo più gabbia di…
Gérard de Nerval, Généalogie fantastique, dite aussi délirante, 1841
Mental illness is something that has plagued humanity for as long as we know. Back in the day, mentally ill people were often misdiagnosed because of the lack of knowledge about the illnesses. Drawings from the 1800’s that depict humans dealing with mental health issues classify them as mania, hysteria or demonic possession. Even in 2015, we still do […]
THESE are the heartbreaking images that show the bleak conditions faced by disturbed and desperate patients at an American mental hospital in the 1940s. The harrowing photographs show the rundown a…
Images of 19th century hysterical women from the Medical Heritage Library.
Alfred Eisenstaedt's photos from Pilgrim State Hospital in the late 1930s blended clear-eyed reporting with an almost palpable compassion.
‘Another kind of people hobgoblins / the minds of little men.’
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Hysteria has a long history, but in this piece I explore the idea that it has a conceptual relationship to Borderline Personality Disorder.
A couple of weeks ago Kim and I went to see Max Ernst at MoMA and while we were at it we also went to see the Louise Bourgeois exhibition. Louise Bourgeois was born in 1911 in France and died in 2010…
THESE are the heartbreaking images that show the bleak conditions faced by disturbed and desperate patients at an American mental hospital in the 1940s. The harrowing photographs show the rundown a…
