The Spirits Scream Analysis

The Spirits Scream is a current art exhibition which will be held from the 4th of March to the 11th of March. This one week exhibition located in The Sydney National art gallery, is open to audience of all ages; teachers, students and members of public. The aim of the curator; Nandita Jagota, is to express the intense emotional connection that artists have manipulated through their art making practise, whilst inspiring the audience to self express their own voice. The art exhibition contains the popular and famous Expression artworks by Edvard Munch; Jealousy, Anxiety, The Kiss and the most loved The Scream. The art exhibition is open to audience of all; to escape from their busy lives to enter a midst of self-expression.

The aim of “The Spirits Scream” is to explore physicality and inner spirituality of Edvard Munch. Munch was a well known Expressionist artist who developed distinctive subjective viewpoints on the world around him and aimed to spontaneously self-express through painting. Through the works of Edvard Munch, the audience will be visually able to communicate with his personal imagination and fantasy, as well as recognising the development of Expressionism as an aesthetic
Personally, my favourite work of this exhibition was “The Scream” as it presents the dynamic application of rapid brushstrokes, distorted lines and visual intensity in order to express the isolated frustration and anxiety of the gender less figure. The violent approach towards this artwork allows the audience to experience intense emotional expression of the subject. The artworks have all been shaped by the social mileu at that time; which broke the traditional art making practises and brought light towards artists perspective and emotions. This temporary exhibition reflects upon the ideas and beliefs concerning modernism through the artworks of Edvard