Robert Pope: Towards a New View of Art and Health
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https://doi.org/10.15273/dmj.Vol26No1.4427Abstract
Robert Pope explored complex issues of living and dying through art, while dealing with his own fatal illness. His images communicate his experiences and observations in a direct, emotional way. Historically and cross-culturally, the relationship between art or artists and medicine has been viewed in both negative and positive ways. Artists have been seen as visionaries and healers. Artwork has been scrutinized for pathognomic signs of mental illness, and many artists have been labelled ‘mad geniuses.‘ Robert Pope's work moved beyond these restrictive labels by acting as a ‘voice for his illness‘ and conveying personal and transpersonal ideas about illness and healing. His message should be heard by medical professionals, and has been directed towards medical students so that they may appreciate a new view of art and health.
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