Parsifal/Druidess: Unfolding a Lithographic Metamorphosis by Odilon Redon

• Autores: Dario Gamboni
• Localización: Art bulletin, ISSN 0004-3079, Vol. 89, Nº 4, 2007, págs. 766-796
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • In 1891 and 1892, Odilon Redon realized the three lithographs Druidess, Parsifal, and a first version of Parsifal rediscovered in 1976. Druidess was drawn from the first Parsifal turned upside down, a procedure with more than casual significance. Contextual research shows that Wagner’s Parsifal and the Druidesses of Celtic revivalists could be interpreted as complementary figures. At the same time, analysis of Redon’s artistic method reconstructs an open-ended creative process combining conscious and unconscious elements. The transformation sequence appears structured like the thesis-antithesis-synthesis formula and demonstrates affinities to Freud’s and Jung’s notions of psychic processes and gendered identity.