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Urination and its discontents

J Weinberg1

  • 1History of Art Department, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520.

Journal of Homosexuality
|January 1, 1994
PubMed
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This study explores why 20th-century artists used urination in their work, linking it to iconoclasm and challenging societal norms around cleanliness and sexuality. Artists often followed Havelock Ellis over Sigmund Freud in their artistic expressions.

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Area of Science:

  • Art History
  • Psychoanalysis
  • Cultural Studies

Background:

  • Twentieth-century artists have engaged with themes of urination in their work.
  • This engagement is examined through the lens of psychoanalytic theories and art historical movements.

Observation:

  • Andy Warhol's "pissing" in his Oxidation Paintings connects to homosexual "sex clubs" and the iconoclasm of artists like Mapplethorpe, Serrano, Duchamp, and Pollock.
  • Sigmund Freud's theory on civilization's origin through renouncing "homosexual competition" via urination is contrasted with Havelock Ellis's views.

Findings:

  • Artists frequently align with Ellis's perspective, emphasizing the erotics of bodily functions.
  • This artistic approach challenges societal boundaries concerning "clean" versus "dirty" and sexually permissible acts.

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Implications:

  • The study suggests that artistic explorations of urination serve to question and subvert established social and sexual norms.
  • This analysis provides insight into the psychological and cultural underpinnings of artistic expression in the 20th century.