Abstract

LIPPI, Silvia  and  NEUTER, Patrick De. Sublimation, symptom and sinthome proof against the creative act in Frida Khalo. Psicol. clin. [online]. 2016, vol.28, n.1, pp. 39-58. ISSN 0103-5665.

Through the analysis of the disease and the creation's process of artist Frida Kahlo, we shall question the Freudian concept of "symptom" and the one of sinthome, developed by Lacan in the last years of his teaching. The sinthomal function of the artwork has to be distinguished from the sublimation process achieved by the artist during the creation. The stakes and the functions of sublimation and sinthome are not the same, particularly if we consider their articulation with the narcissism. According to our hypothesis, Frida Kahlo operates a transition from the subliminal phase to the sinthomal phase, transition that involves a change of the subjective position, regarding the symptom, the art's object, and the creative movement that established it. We shall see that painting cannot operate a repair of the body and the ego (moi), however, it supports sinthomatiquely the subject, annihilated by the disease, the rejections and the love crisis.

Keywords : body; love; narcissism; sublimation; symptom; sinthome.

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