With his painting Guernica, Picasso meant to depict the trauma—both physical and psychological—of the Second World War.
Kiyoshi Yamashita, considered to be an ‘autistic savant’, was a Japanese outsider artist who spent much of his life wandering as a vagabond throughout Japan.
Detail By Carol Es, her work is personal and based on childhood trauma. http://esart.com/lowdown/my-story/ link to Carol’s own story
By Carol Es, her work is personal and based on childhood trauma Her Story: http://esart.com/lowdown/my-story/
Wild Mood Swings, by Tim Noble and Sue Webster, a double self-portrait of the couple.
Eliette Markhbein, who is a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) survivor herself, constructed this portrait series to raise awareness of TBIs. Her subjects include former congresswoman…
The anonymous artists shares their experience with depression: “In my own personal journey with depression, I have found the words stop where the feeling begins….
By artist, Stephen Wiltshire Stephen was diagnosed with autism at a young age, and found that he could communicate through his art. He has a photographic…
By synesthetic artist, Wassily Kandinsky. He describes this as one of his most complex pieces (1913).
