Mark Wallinger: Self-Reflection, Freud Museum
Sigmund in the mirror... Freud Museum Mark Wallinger show turns psychoanalysis on its head
Freud's study upside down: Mark Wallinger art Freud Museum
160 years after Freud was born, Turner Prize-winning artist Mark Wallinger has turned the father of psychoanalysis on his head. Entitled Self Reflection, the entire ceiling of Freud’s world-famous study has been mirrored. Everything is doubled: the Ancient Grecian busts, the bookshelves creaking with Shakespeare, Goethe and Poe, Freud’s Green Chair and, of course, the couch.
Staring up at the room you imagine the hours upon hours of self-reflection it has witnessed. The study opens up like never before.
If you’ve never been, Self Reflection provides the perfect excuse to head down to the ,museum. Once Freud’s home, this Hampstead address is now preserved as an archive and memorial. Looking down the unassuming street, listening to the chatter of the schoolgirl’s next door, you can scarcely believe that this is where it all happened.
Staring up at the room you imagine the hours upon hours of self-reflection it has witnessed. The study opens up like never before.
If you’ve never been, Self Reflection provides the perfect excuse to head down to the ,museum. Once Freud’s home, this Hampstead address is now preserved as an archive and memorial. Looking down the unassuming street, listening to the chatter of the schoolgirl’s next door, you can scarcely believe that this is where it all happened.
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| What | Mark Wallinger: Self-Reflection, Freud Museum |
| Where | Freud Museum, 20 Maresfield Gardens , London , NW3 5SX | MAP |
| Nearest tube | Finchley Road (underground) |
| When |
29 Jul 16 – 25 Sep 16, Opening hours Wednesday - Sunday 12.00 - 17.00 Summer opening: Open every day except Tuesdays, 12.00 - 17.00* *With the exception of Monday 29 August (Bank Holiday) |
| Price | £Adults: £7.00 Senior Citizens: £5.00 Concessions: £4.00 (students with valid ID cards, children aged 12-16, UK unemployed persons - with proof, disabled persons) Children under 12: Free |
| Website | Click here for more information |