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The Maze
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The inverted [burr] is I as a child, trapped painfully between two aspects of my father, the one I hated and the one I worshipped.1(p4)
William Kurelek (1927-1977) was the son of Ukrainian immigrants to Canada and was raised on rural farms in Alberta and Manitoba. Unsuited to farm work, he bore the brunt of his father’s frustration in the difficult years of the Great Depression and felt contempt from his father about his lack of manliness. These experiences affected him deeply and led him to withdraw into himself.2
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William Kurelek (1927-1977), Canadian. Cover: The Maze, 1953. Gouache on board; 91 cm x 121 cm. Courtesy of the Bethlem Royal Hospital Archives and Museum, Beckenham, England. Figure appearing in "Art and Images in Psychiatry" article: Out of the Maze, 1971. Mixed media on board; 94.5 cm x 125 cm. Courtesy of the Bethlem Royal Hospital Archives and . . . [Full Text of this Article] |
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James C. Harris, MD
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Arch Gen Psychiatry 2004;61:1082-1082.
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