11/06/2022
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Depression, anxiety, angst, grief and loneliness are a few common struggles and we find hard to discuss/share. We often internalize it all and live life without communicating truly to anyone because we feel no one would understand.
๐ป Famously known artist ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ค๐๐ whose work is mostly surreal and magical had a troubled mind and temper. He once mutilated his own ear after a fight with another artist friend and sent the remnants to his friend who was maid in a brothel. Later he makes a painting documenting this incident in a self-portrait with bandage ear which is now an example of mental instability and artistic genius. ๐๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐จ๐ฎ๐ข: ๐๐ช๐ฆ๐ณ๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ต ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ค๐ถ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ด ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด.
๐ Alongside Van Gogh, one of the most famous artists to portray mental suffering โ loss, loneliness and fear included โ was ๐ฌ๐
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In his artworks he consistently and vividly painted emotional turmoil and trauma. For example, his 1907 painting ๐ป๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐ ๐ช๐๐๐๐
โ a theme he revisited several times โ is inspired by the death of his sister Sophie from tuberculosis when Munch was just 14 years old. ๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐'๐ ๐ก๐๐ก๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ โ๐๐ข๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐โ ๐ข๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ก๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐โ๐๐๐๐. This ability to use deeply personal experiences of mental anguish to create an artwork suggestive of collective suffering is seen repeatedly in Munch's work.
๐ถโโ๏ธ ๐๐ฬ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ซ๐ญ (1881โ1946) shared Munch's gift for producing images saturated with solitude, introspection and existential angst. For Spilliaert โ who saw his paintings exhibited alongside Munch's โ psychological pain overlapped with physical discomfort. Plagued by stomach ulcers, the Belgian artist would often rise before dawn with insomnia and walk the dark Ostend seafront, the scene of many of his paintings.
๐ผ๐ ๐โ๐ ๐บ๐ข๐ ๐ก ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ (1904), ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐ข๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ก ๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐ ๐๐ฆ, โ๐๐ ๐๐๐ข๐กโ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ โ๐๐ค๐. ๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ข๐๐ โ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฆ, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ก ๐ค๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ .
๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐'๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐บ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐บ ๐ถ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐, ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐พ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ต ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ โ ๐ป๐ผ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐๐ฑ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ธ โ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ, ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ธ๐ ๐ด๐น๐ฎ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐บ๐๐๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด. ๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ผ ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐น๐ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐'๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐ด๐ด๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐๐๐ฝ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ.
๐ฑ For example, in the case of ๐ณ๐๐๐๐ ๐พ๐๐๐ (1860โ1939), an artist known for his popular drawings of anthropomorphized cats, his precise mental health condition was never identified, though it is generally believed that Wain had undiagnosed schizophrenia. The artist spent a considerable amount of time as an in-patient and received his generation's version of 'mental health care'.
In the later stages of his career, Wain produced a series of 'psychedelic cats' such as A Cat Standing on Its Hind Legs, Formed by Patterns Supposed to Be in the 'Early Greek' Style.
๐โ๐๐ ๐ ๐ค๐๐ก๐โ ๐๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐ก โ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐กโ ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐'๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐ ๐โ๐๐ง๐๐โ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐กโ๐๐ข๐โ ๐ ๐ข๐โ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ โ ๐๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐๐ข๐โ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ โ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ก ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐'๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ . ๐น๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐, โ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ก๐๐ค๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ค๐๐ โ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ ๐ก ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ก-๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ ๐ ๐ก๐ฆ๐๐๐ , ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐น๐ข๐ก๐ข๐๐๐ ๐.
๐จ Where other artists are concerned, the connection between their own mental health conditions and their creations is more certain. ๐จ๐๐ ๐๐๐
๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ต๐ ๐น๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ by ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฑ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐พ๐๐๐ (b.1943) chronicles a form of exposure therapy the artist received as an inpatient at the Maudsley Hospital in the early 1970s. The unsettling image reveals that what the artist most desired was simple confirmation that everything would be OK. Like many artists in the ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ด๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ด๐๐๐
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, Johnson Wahl's artworks created while receiving care can be considered ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐. Yet Johnson Wahl was also a professional artist before and after undergoing treatment, making painting ๐ ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐-๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง.
๐จ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ (b.1972) has also drawn on her experiences of hospitalisation for mental health reasons. However, instead of representing her own condition, Gillow's 2001 painting ๐ช๐๐๐
๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐ 1 is inspired by the Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) the artist witnessed other patients experiencing on the same ward. The loving caress of the hands around the soap, and the 'cradle' of the title, inject a disconcerting note of tenderness into a visceral image of compulsion and suffering.
๐จ A similar blend of pain and care is also detectable in ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฏ๐๐๐๐ by ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฑ. ๐ด. ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐ 1 (b.1968). One of many works by Pacquette exploring the artistโs first-hand experience of anorexia nervosa, the image combines knowledge of the physical strain the condition has on the body with the desire to nurture and heal.Pacquette's art acts as a window into the lived experience of a mental health condition. This lends it the ability to engender empathy from those without similar experiences, solace for those who do and โ as with many of the artworks discussed above โ a surprising and poignant note of hope.
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