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Art History and Mental Health

Isa Genzken: A Half Century of Prolific, Innovative Art and Openness on Bipolar Symptoms
“She has always courted danger, with predictable results—the life force and the death wish are at odds in her.” - Judith Thurman on Isa Genzken
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Kathryn Vercillo
DIANE ARBUS: Art and Mental Health Deeper Dive Recap
Complicated family dynamics, history of depression, multilayered sexuality, and other things that may have helped shape the direction of the…
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Kathryn Vercillo
Looking: Diane Arbus' Depictions of Disability, Neurodiversity and "Difference"
Excerpts of writing about works of art by Arbus explore her unique way of looking at "othered" people with her camera and what it tells us about looking
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The Complicated Family Dynamics in the Life and Work of Diane Arbus
Daughter and mother, possibly the lover of her own brother, what role did family secrets and fuzzy boundaries play in the photographer's art?
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In Woman on a Park Bench on a Sunny Day, did Diane Arbus Capture the Essence of Depression in Another Woman?
Without depression and the sense of being an outsider, would Arbus ever have become the photographer that she was?
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Diane Arbus' Risk-Taking Behavior Resulted In A Legacy of Outstanding Photographs ... Was It Motivated By Depression?
How did mental health symptoms impact the choices that Arbus made in regards to her subjects and the locations she visited to photograph them?
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5 Things About Georgia O'Keeffe: a car accident, stretching her own canvases, other artists in her orbit ...
Plus museums dedicated to women artists (there aren't many), her sister Ida's experience with Stieglitz, and a version of Starry Night
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Georgia O'Keeffe's Flowers as a Breathing Meditation for Anxiety
Lake George, New Mexico, a new man, and the artist's last years ....
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The Role That Alfred Stieglitz Played in Georgia O'Keeffe's Creativity and Mental Health
O’Keeffe and Stieglitz had a complicated relationship with one another as she effectively replaced not only his wife Emmy. O’Keeffe is quoted as saying…
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Two Ways of Beginning a Book Chapter About Georgia O'Keeffe's Art and Mental Health
The final draft that I submitted to the editor/ publisher and the final final draft that ended up as the published version
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Double Exposure Photographs of Georgia O'Keeffe and Her Paintings
25 photos taken in the late 90's and newly rediscovered this week inspiring my creativity
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Arthur Bispo do Rosario: An Unfinished Chapter of The Artist’s Mind by Kathryn Vercillo
"He would work with whatever materials were available to him, including everything from paper, cardboard and hospital linens, to buttons, rubber boots…
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