Bollas and the psychoanalysis of aesthetics

Tunga's artwork By Luis Fernando Santos Translated by Deborah Freire “Only rarely does the psychoanalyst feel impelled to engage in aes-thetic investigations”, writes Freud in the first lines of his obscure The uncanny (Freud, 1919/2010). Had he known the work of Christopher Bollas, he would be surprised at the contributions resulting from paying heed to...