Miller J David
J Am Psychoanal Assoc. 2013 Apr;61(2):283-310. doi: 10.1177/0003065113476088. Epub 2013 Mar 18.
A recent exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, "Matisse: Radical Invention 1913-1917," focused on a breakthrough in Matisse's art that the curators attribute to the impact of World War I. That this dramatic change may be linked to the trauma of war is explored by studying the art itself, biographical material, and the artist's own insightful comments. The thesis is advanced that the catastrophe in Europe aggravated Matisse's neurotic conflicts and that his art reflects his effort to resolve these conflicts through new compromise formations and, more significantly, sublimation. Sublimation is discussed as it relates not only to the "radical invention" of Matisse's wartime art but also to a concurrent transformation of his personality. These ideas about Matisse are applied to clinical vignettes in a consideration of the role of sublimation in a contemporary view of therapeutic change.
现代艺术博物馆近期举办的一场展览“马蒂斯：激进创新1913 - 1917”，聚焦于马蒂斯艺术上的一次突破，策展人将其归因于第一次世界大战的影响。通过研究艺术作品本身、传记资料以及艺术家自己富有洞察力的评论，探讨了这一巨大变化可能与战争创伤之间的联系。该论文提出，欧洲的灾难加剧了马蒂斯的神经症冲突，他的艺术反映了他通过新的妥协形式，更重要的是通过升华来解决这些冲突的努力。升华不仅与马蒂斯战时艺术的“激进创新”相关，还与他个性的同步转变有关，文中对此进行了讨论。在当代治疗变化观点中，关于升华的作用的思考里，这些有关马蒂斯的观点被应用于临床案例。
