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The Uncanny. Sigmund Freud and Art

A portrait photo in black and white of Sigmund Freud looking into the camera, the left side of his face is more strongly illuminated
Sigmund Freud, 1921, Foto: Max Halberstadt © Sigmund Freud Copyrights
A portrait photo in black and white of Sigmund Freud looking into the camera, the left side of his face is more strongly illuminated

26 April - 4 November 2024

The special exhibition at the Sigmund Freud Museum focuses on the uncanny - on the emotion that once aroused Freud's interest and has been elevated to the status of a pictorial object in art from the beginnings.

As early as 1919, Freud referred to the ability of the arts to express the uncanny in his text of the same name (“Das Unheimliche”). To him, the descriptions of poetry in particular appear to be even richer than the actual experience. Both the literary examples he cites and the analysis of the meaning of the term "uncanny" lead him to the same conclusion: the uncanny can be traced back to both the familiar (the homely/heimisch in German) and the repressed (the secret/unheimlich). Above all, the "veiled character" of this sensation triggers horror in us. Numerous works of contemporary art confirm Freud's insights, either focusing directly on the uncanny or evoking the feeling through almost inconspicuous irritations, whose meaning only becomes apparent on closer inspection and sheds light on the uncanny sensation.

In a variety of media, works by Louise Bourgeois, Heidi Bucher, Gregory Crewdson, Birgit Jürgenssen, Helmut Newton, Hans Op de Beeck, Stephanie Pflaum (at the Schowroom Berggasse 19), Markus Schinwald, Esther Shalev-Gerz, Cindy Sherman, Jeff Wall, Kai Walkowiak and Francesca Woodman illustrate the current and reciprocal influence of psychoanalysis and art.

Venue

Sigmund Freud Museum

Berggasse 19
1090 Wien

Tickets & Info

Current Dates

  • Fri. 26 Apr 2024, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Sat. 27 Apr 2024, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Sun. 28 Apr 2024, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Mon. 29 Apr 2024, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
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All Dates

April

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May

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October

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November

  • Fri. 01 Nov 2024, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
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