A Sublimação na arte e seus efeitos no artista.

Abstract

This work aims to resume the concept of sublimation according to Freud in order to discuss the consequences of the sublimation process for the subject within the culture. Therefore, the relationship with the artistic creation is made, listing the dangers derived from instinctual defusion and its relation to the death drive and the implications for the relationship of the subject with the culture. Sublimation is one of the destinations of drive described by Freud in his work and it consists in the deviation process of libidinal energy of its original goals, which is no longer invested in the sexual sphere, but in socially valued activities such as art, science, work, sports, among others. The sublimation is present from the beginning of Freud’s work and its multiple mentions allows some understanding about what the sublimation would involve, although not exactly conclusive. It should be pointed out, however, that the instinctual discharge through the sublimation find limits, mainly related to its proximity to the void that is in the absence of the Thing and the death drive, and also with the impossibility of a complete discharge of libido, the possible amount of discharge being significantly variable from person to person. The sublimatory artistic creation produces something that the artist does not have the means to signify, it’s a work that cannot be explained where it came from or how.