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Sigmund Freud

Figuration

July 22, 2025August 10, 2025 by Michael Shanks

Three ancient figurines from Freud’s desk. Charcoal drawing by Robert Longo [Link] after a photograph taken as Freud left Vienna in 1938.

Posted in (past) presences, (re)framing, actuality, allegory, archaeological sensibility, art-archaeology, contemporary art, contemporary past, in the wake, media archaeology, memory practices, nostos - the return, ruins and remains Tagged Robert Longo, Sigmund Freud Leave a comment

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