Taken from dust jacket inner ...... \"Just what do psychoanalysis and modern sculpture have to do with one another? The present collection of essays, unique in its field, shows how key metaphors of Freudian and Kleinian psychoanalysis - splitting, projection, sublimation, identification, the schizoid and reparative mechanisms - as well as Lacan\'s concepts of the stade du mirroir and the objet petit a, can be fruitfully applied to a range of modern three-dimensional art, from Surrealism to the present day. As these essays show, figures such as Barbara Hepworth, Eva Hesse, Jean-Jacques Lebel, Robert Morris, Donald Judd, Gilbert and George, Rebecca Horn and others have often approached the material of sculpture with something like these mechanisms in mind. The need to unlock the levels of psychoanalytic connection between artist, object and viewer in recent debate has fuelled the diverse proposals of this original and important book.\"Published as part of the \"New Studies in Sculpture\" series.White boards in dust jacket - Fair overall, approaching Good. Minor scuffs, creases and edgewear to dust jacket. Minor smudges to boards, and minor bumping to spine tail and board corners. Previous library stickers and markings to endpapers. Smudges to block. Binding remains tight. Pages, text and b/w photos are clean, with occasional annotations and side linings from previous owner.