Abstract
The article offers psychoanalytic and phenomenological perspectives on home representations based on interviews with – and artworks by – twelve contemporary Israeli artists. The study examined how the artists represented the home in their artworks, considering that Israel includes diverse societies whose security conditions range from relative safety to active combat zones. This qualitative research combines thematic analysis with hermeneutic phenomenology analysis. Its participants were the following artists (listed alphabetically): Hannan Abu-Hussein, Vered Aharonovitch, Maya Attoun, Hila Laiser Beja, Jack Jano, Saher Miari, Philip Rantzer, Anat Rozenson, Orly Sever, Hilla Spitzer, Micha Ullman and Gal Weinstein. The data analysis yielded four main home-description themes: The home as an embodiment of body and mind; the home and time;the home as a representation of a social/political experience; and the yearning for repair and transformation through artistic representation of the home. The discussion integrates interdisciplinary perspectives from art, psychoanalysis and art therapy, highlighting therapeutic implications derived from the study. It also addresses therapeutic challenges related to the experience of home in psychotherapy, in the aftermath of the October 7th, 2023 events.
| Translated title of the contribution | Contemporary Israeli Artists’ Home Representations – From Embodiment to Repair: Psychoanalytic and Art Therapeutic Perspectives |
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| Original language | Hebrew |
| Pages (from-to) | 9-35 |
| Number of pages | 27 |
| Journal | בין המילים |
| Volume | 24 |
| State | Published - 2025 |
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