For this episode of Rendering Unconscious Podcast, Robert Shehu-Ansell presents on androgyny in the work of Austin Osman Spare. This lecture was presented at the Psychoanalysis, Art & the Occult conference, Candid Arts Trust, London, May 2016. Visit: http://psychartcult.org
Robert Shehu-Ansell (b.1965) is a publisher, art dealer, curator and scholar. His field of expertise is esoteric art of the 20th century with a specific focus on Austin Osman Spare. Through his company FULGUR ESOTERICA he has represented esoteric artists in book form since 1992. In recent years he has also gained note as an independent art curator specializing in the esoteric. Robert is also the publisher and art editor of Abraxas Journal, which has been described as ‘today's pre-eminent voice for the serious study of occult and esoteric expression.’ He has been interviewed for the BBC Culture Show, the blog Boing Boing, and Dazed and Confused. https://fulgur.co.uk
Papers from the Psychoanalysis, Art & the Occult conference were collected into The Fenris Wolf 9, available as a limited edition hardbound with special limited edition print of the cover artwork signed by the artist Val Denham. https://store.trapart.net/details/00026
This episode is also available at YouTube: https://youtu.be/TSZFUFnSSlc
Robert Ansell is introduced by Derek Elmore. In his introduction Robert refers to the work of Charlotte Rodgers and Peter Grey, all of whom are also included in The Fenris Wolf 9.
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Vanessa Sinclair, PsyD is a psychoanalyst based in Stockholm. Dr. Sinclair authored Scansion in Psychoanalysis and Art: the Cut in Creation (Routledge, 2020), and recently edited the anthology Rendering Unconscious: Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Politics & Poetry (Trapart Books, 2019), as well as On Psychoanalysis and Violence: Contemporary Lacanian Perspectives (Routledge, 2019) with Dr. Manya Steinkoler. She organizes psychoanalytic events and conferences internationally and is a founding member of Das Unbehagen: A Free Association for Psychoanalysis. http://www.drvanessasinclair.net
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Photo of Robert Shehu-Ansell by Carl Abrahamsson
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