Psychoanalyst Explores Invisible Dimensions in Art Through Tracey Emin's Works

Psychoanalyst Manuela Barbarossa examines the relationship between the visible and invisible in art, using Tracey Emin's 2020 works as case studies. Published by Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi, the article explores how psychoanalysis and art intersect through symbolic representation. Barbarossa argues that art reveals what is not immediately apparent, drawing parallels between artistic expression and psychoanalytic concepts like symptoms and dreams. The piece references Michel Foucault's ideas and discusses how symbolic meaning transforms perception, with Emin's art illustrating the reduction of life to mere objects in contemporary society.