Yesterday, 11:28 AM
Welcome to "neurological expressionism" a blog that presents the art practice of Richard Baldwin. By way of an introduction I would like to discuss with the reader the work of Käthe Kollwitz. I recently happened upon The Neurocritc a blog that poses the question - Did Käthe Kollwitz have Alice in Wonderland Syndrome? Alice in Wonderland Syndrome can be caused by migrain headaches, epilepsy or Epstein-Barr virus. The symptoms are the alteration of body image so that sizes of the body may be altered incorrectly or the alteration of the perception of objects so that they may become distorted.
The point that I would like to make is that "Neurological Expressionism" can be identified in quite a number of expressionist artists. The changes associated in the work of Kollwitz, it has been argued, may have more to do with perceptual changes and "less to do with a deliberate emphasis of the artist’s feelings". Kollwitz produced this image The Widow 1 in 1923. As we can see the hands are prominent in the woodcut and this may have been influenced by the artists and neurology. For further information please go to http://neurocritic.blogspot.com/2010/02/did-artist-kathe-kollwitz-have-alice-in.html . Read more…
The point that I would like to make is that "Neurological Expressionism" can be identified in quite a number of expressionist artists. The changes associated in the work of Kollwitz, it has been argued, may have more to do with perceptual changes and "less to do with a deliberate emphasis of the artist’s feelings". Kollwitz produced this image The Widow 1 in 1923. As we can see the hands are prominent in the woodcut and this may have been influenced by the artists and neurology. For further information please go to http://neurocritic.blogspot.com/2010/02/did-artist-kathe-kollwitz-have-alice-in.html . Read more…
