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Sigmund Freud's Collection: An Archaeology of the Mind

Max Pollak, Sigmund Freud at his desk 1914, Courtesy Freud Museum, London

Monash University Museum of Art
5 September -- 17 November 2007
The Nicholson Museum, University of Sydney
2 January -- 30 March 2008

Guest curator: Janine Burke

Sigmund Freud's Collection: an Archaeology of the Mind brings together objects from Sigmund Freud's personal
collection of antiquities held in the Freud Museum, London. The works, which will be presented alongside related film and photographic material, including Anna Freud's home movies, offer a unique insight into Freud as collector, thinker and art connoisseur, and reveal how Freud's study of art and antiquities influenced his theories of psychoanalysis.

Developed by the Monash University Museum of Art, in association with the Nicholson Museum, University of Sydney

Free Associations: Freud's relevance to contemporary art and culture - forum

Thursday 1 November 2007, 4.30pm
Monash University Museum of Art I Muma
Free event

Sigmund Freud’s influence on contemporary culture is indisputable. His ideas and theories had a profound impact on 20th century intellectual life and Freudian language has seeped into common parlance, yet Freud is not without his detractors. Just how relevant is Freud in the 21st century? 150 years since his birth and coinciding with Sigmund Freud's Collection: An Archaeology of the Mind, panellists Dr Justin Clemens, Dr Anne Marsh and Elizabeth Newman will explore the pervasive influence of psychoanalytic theory on feminism, critical theory, science, contemporary visual art and thought. Discussion chaired by Dr Kyla McFarlane.

All Welcome. Seating Available

Bookings are required. 9905 4217 or muma@adm.monash.edu.au