Il miracolo della forma

17.04.2025

Psychoanalysis and art haven’t always made a great pairing, which is why Massimo Recalcati attempts to free art from the pathographic lens of psychoanalysis. This is a complex and fascinating book, recommended for philosophers, historians, artists—but also for curious readers who are willing to dive back into deep reflection.
The volume is enriched with color images featuring some of our favorite artists: Tàpies, Burri, Fontana, Duchamp.
We’re drawn to it because it shifts the perspective, proposing that “art and psychoanalysis are practices that find their foundation only in themselves—without guarantees, without that hard, strong knowledge that characterizes the positive sciences; practices that place the dimension of the Real at their core.”

Massimo Recalcati, The Miracle of Form. Toward a Psychoanalytic Aesthetics, Castelvecchi.