“TREATMENT” AND “HEALING” IN CONTEMPORARY ART CREATION

Abstract

This
article
deeply
examines
the
impact
of
Art
Therapy
at
the
individual,
collective,
and
sociatal
levels,

beyond
its
specialization
as
a
field.
Through
the
analysis
of
cases
of
artists
who
heal
themselves
through

the
process
of
making
art,
we
will
explore
the
intrinsic
creative
drive
and
the
“healing”
effect
that
art

brings
to
themselves
and
others
in
the
process.
When
we
expand
our
vision
to
a
larger
social
context,

where
art
is
influenced
by
culture
and
history
with
its
traumas
and
memories,
we
will
see
that
artistic

expression
often
contains
latent
traumas
and
unspoken
memories
that
are
passed
down
through

generations.