Piechowski-Jozwiak Bartlomiej, Bogousslavsky Julien
Front Neurol Neurosci. 2018;43:8-22. doi: 10.1159/000490862. Epub 2018 Oct 18.
Visual art is one of the means of non-verbal communication that bypasses cultural, societal, language and, more importantly, time differences. It allows for establishing a multilevel connection between the artist and art receiver. Production of visual art is a form of expression of emotions. Art reception involves the initiation of a cascade of emotions and thoughts based on visual input. One of the ways to express artistic content is through abstraction. Abstract visual art is based on portraying elements that do not represent any real, objective shapes, with the means of lines, colours, tones and texture. Abstract expressionism is a form of abstract art infused with strong emotional and expressive content. The combination of expression of emotions in abstraction requires almost direct translation between neuronal function and artistic output without using formal shapes or references as means of communication. That is why it is very interesting to look at the artistic output in abstract expressionists with neurological disorders affecting the brain. Here, we review several key abstract expressionists, including James Brooks, Agnes Martin and Willem de Kooning, and their artistic production in the context of brain disease.
视觉艺术是一种非语言交流方式，它能跨越文化、社会、语言差异，更重要的是能跨越时间差异。它有助于在艺术家和艺术接受者之间建立多层次的联系。视觉艺术创作是一种情感表达形式。艺术接受涉及基于视觉输入引发一系列情感和思想。表达艺术内容的一种方式是通过抽象。抽象视觉艺术基于用线条、颜色、色调和纹理来描绘不代表任何真实客观形状的元素。抽象表现主义是一种充满强烈情感和表现力内容的抽象艺术形式。在抽象中表达情感的结合几乎需要在神经元功能和艺术输出之间进行直接转换，而不使用形式形状或参照作为交流手段。这就是为什么研究患有影响大脑的神经疾病的抽象表现主义艺术家的艺术作品非常有趣。在此，我们回顾几位关键的抽象表现主义艺术家，包括詹姆斯·布鲁克斯、阿格尼斯·马丁和威廉·德·库宁，以及他们在脑部疾病背景下的艺术创作。
