Scott
Imago (VII) Urverdrangung: refoulement "translatable" <<she is there>>
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Supported by feminist and psychoanalytic writers from whose works she quotes, Mary Scott regards the representation of the female body as a problematic and extremely rich area of investigation. "Imago" is a concept used by psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan to refer to images formed in the psyche in early childhood that colour later life. Here Scott draws on Leonardo da Vinci's erroneous rendering of female genitalia, as a cultural "imago" deserving of transformation, presenting it as a gorgeously materialized abstract icon.
Artist
Title
Imago (VII) Urverdrangung: refoulement "translatable" <<she is there>>
Medium
Painting
Nationality
Canadian
Credit line
Purchased 1990
Accession number
30488