Catharsis in art: sexuality and self-knowledge

People with disabilities can have difficulties with speech; hence art can serve as a tool to express or communicate their inner impulses. [...]erotic works can still be perceived to be created solely for sexual arousal, and their artistic qualities are constantly questionable (Döpp et al., 2012). [....

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Published in:Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences 2023-01, Vol.32, Article e6
Main Authors: Barajas, Ana Karen González, Ho, Rainbow Tin Hung
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Contemporary Outsider Art
Disability
Eroticism
Gender
Oppression
Outsider art
People with disabilities
Psychiatry
Sexuality
Social construction
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Summary:People with disabilities can have difficulties with speech; hence art can serve as a tool to express or communicate their inner impulses. [...]erotic works can still be perceived to be created solely for sexual arousal, and their artistic qualities are constantly questionable (Döpp et al., 2012). [...]the meaningful depiction of the human body has been constantly aspired to be represented, a form of diversity of expression, and simultaneously a constant conflictive theme that has been complex for humans. Some of them have found their voice in art, where not only a liberation of desires is contemplated but also a free space where heteronormativity and patriarchal social systems are not usually recurrent as in the neurotypical world. In Outsider Art, it is observed that both male and female represent their inner desires and sexual preferences, leading to thinking about the liberation art can give to this population group.
ISSN:2045-7960
2045-7979
DOI:10.1017/S2045796022000804