An exhibition at the analyst’s London home, now a museum, aims to unlock what the Orient meant to him
Photograph: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group/Getty Imagesto understand that ornaments can become symbols of emotion. But now research into a curious decorative object that Freud himself once cherished has shed fresh light on the darker corners of his own psyche.
“Freud seems to have used the screen as a reminder of the unknown,” said curator Professor Craig Clunas, an expert on Chinese culture. “For him, the Orient was like the dark area of hidden significance in the human mind. There is also a strong argument that he associated it with the psychology of women, something he regarded as a shifting and mysterious thing.”
“Before then, Freud had collected other things, especially items from the classical world. He was usually a voracious reader, but it seems as if he chose to leave China as an area of the unknown.” “The beautiful little jade ornament was clearly treasured by Freud and a significant object for him. Our exhibition will attempt to work out why,” said Carol Seigel, director of the Freud Museum.
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