Aaron McIntosh American, b. 1984
Transitional Object Study #5, 2016
Watercolour, colour pencil, and collage on Bristol Board
23 x 11.5 cm
The 'Transitional Objects' series present figurative and strange baby blankets and they riff on the role of transitional objects, as described by psychoanalyst Donald Woods Winnicott, who posited that young...
The 'Transitional Objects' series present figurative and strange baby blankets and they riff on the role of transitional objects, as described by psychoanalyst Donald Woods Winnicott, who posited that young children use objects (teddy bears, blankies) to separate the "me" from the "not-me". These transitional objects aren’t rooted in childhood, but rather in the discoveries of newfound adult sexuality and eroticism.