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Banksy: psychoanalysis of present public art.

Magdalena Karbowska CG Arts & Animation

Banksy
Street paintings done using spray can paint.

Illustration.1 Banksy painting of a maid

Prehistoric Wall Paintings

Mesolithic Era (7,000 to 4,000 BC), the painting done on a rock by spitting or blowing a pigment.

Illustration.2 Indian painting

People expressing themselves by making handprints on a wall.

Illustration.4 Gua Tewet, the tree of life, Borneo, Indonesia.

Marcel Duchamp
The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even, a piece of artwork trying to represent relationship between family members and piece of their lives.

Illustration.3 The Bridge Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even

Id primitive needs Ego developfrom the Id being exposed to outside world Super-ego rules, inherited from parents

Illustration.5 Freud's view of the Human Mind 22.03.2012

According to Freud, the ego is an aspect of the subject that emerges from the id-the biological, inherited, unconscious source of sexual drives, instincts, and irrational impulses. The ego develops out of the id's interaction with the external world. It is produced from the non-biological (social and familial) forces brought to bear on one's biological development and functions as an intermediary between the demands of the id and the external world. (Fig.1)

At a time people would listen more to their id, than people do now.

Duchamp grew up in a family where his mother was taking care of the house and gave birth to 6 children. She was a stereotypical woman of a time. Her daughter, who also wanted to study art wasn't able to because of her gender.

Banksy is painting scenes which should be repressed by the super-ego.

Unfortunately, although a wish for food, such as the image of a juicy steak, might be enough to satisfy the id, it isn't enough to satisfy the organism. The need only gets stronger, and the wishes just keep coming. You may have noticed that, when you haven't satisfied some need, such as the need for food, it begins to demand more and more of your attention, until there comes a point where you can't think of anything else. This is the wish or drive breaking into consciousness. (Fig.2)

Usually people weren't able to express themselves without any sort of consequences, but artists found a way to hide things which were bothering them in the society in many of their artworks. If the Id is not satisfied it will get out of control.

Dada (1916- 1922)

Dadaism evolved when artists were exposed to the World War I and the horror of it. Dada have the basics from the surrealism, one of the more famous artist of a time was Marcel Duchamp. Because being open and loud about ant- war as a single person could cause problems, people were gathering together and talking about art and literature. Dada was anti-war and anti-bourgeois (being divided into social classes).

Modernism
Modernism is often derided for abandoming the social world in favour of it's narcisstic interest in language and it's processes. (Fig.3) Trying out new things, painting pictures which could upset other people but at the same time get attention of a small group of people who think in a similar way. Manet have painted a naked woman looking with a seducive look on her face together with fully clothed men.

Illustration.6 douard Manet, Le Djeuner sur l'herbe 1863

Id is somehow expressed in art People let the Id to be more in charge from time to time (Dada, Modernism) Dada is like going back to prehistoric wall painting, where things, maybe a bit exaggerated were explaining situations from everyday life

Research
http://www.historyofpaintings.com/ => Website about history of art and paintings. http://www.womenofthefurtrade.com/wst_page18.html => Natural Pigments, and how cave paintings were made http://www.tate.org.uk => Tate Modern, information about the painting http://www.understandingduchamp.com/text.html => About Marcel Duchapm and his art work. Help in interpreting his work.
http://www.panix.com/~squigle/at/psycho.html => Psychoanalisys http://www.simplypsychology.org/psychoanalysis.html => Psychoanalisys http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/psychoanalysis.html => Freud and Psychoanalysis http://arthistoryresources.net/modernism/roots.html => Modernism

Illustration list
Illustration.1 Banksy painting of a maid http://www.banksy.co.uk/ 22.03.2012 Illustration.2 Indian wall painting http://www.indianetzone.com/10/bhimbetka.htm 22.03.2012 Illustration.4 Gua Tewet, the tree of life, Borneo, Indonesia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_painting Illustration.5 Freud's view of the Human Mind: The Mental Iceberg http://somatosphere.net/2009/04/unconscious-metaphor-and-metonymy.html 22.03.2012 Illustration.6 douard Manet, Le Djeuner sur l'herbe 1863 http://arthistoryresources.net/modernism/roots.html 22.03.2012

Quotation list
Fig.1 A Brief Outline of Psychoanalysis http://www.panix.com/~squigle/at/psycho.html 22.03.2012 Fig.2 The id, the ego and the super-ego http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/psychoanalysis.html 22.03.2012 Fig.3 Modernism and the Modern Novel http://www2.iath.virginia.edu/elab/hfl0255.html 22.03.2012