TY  - Type of reference 
TI  - The Maze and the Thought-Catcher 
AU  - Sébastien Lemerle 
AB  - This article looks at two works that deal with the brain and the sciences that take it as their object: The Maze (1953) by Canadian painter William Kurelek and The Various Lives of Thoughts (2009-2010) by British artist Sue Morgan. The former is a painting that uses cerebral imagery to speak of a tormented interiority, while the latter is an installation showcasing the brain sciences as they seek to explain the workings of the mind. Beyond the differences in approach, we will see that a comparison of these two works highlights the influence of the scientific referent in each case: while Kurelek’s painting is clearly influenced by a certain history of the brain sciences, relating to phrenology, psychiatry and neurology, Sue Morgan’s installation bears witness to the cultural importance acquired by the neurosciences over the last few decades, as well as to the way in which they are viewed by science and technology studies. These two works demonstrate the richness of the notion of scientific culture when it is seen as a dynamic process ranging from scientific discourse to the appropriations made of it by symbolic producers according to their own logic and trajectories. 
DO  - 10.21494/ISTE.OP.2023.1052 
JF  - Art and Science 
KW  - William Kurelek, Sue Morgan, neurology in art, phrenology in art, neuroscience in art, Bethlem Gallery (UK), Museum of the Mind (UK), William Kurelek, Sue Morgan, neurologie dans l’art, phrénologie dans l’art, neurosciences dans l’art, Bethlem Gallery (Royaume-Uni), Museum of the Mind (Royaume Uni),  
L1  - https://www.openscience.fr/IMG/pdf/iste_artsci23v7n4_4.pdf 
LA  - en 
PB  - ISTE OpenScience 
DA  - 2023/12/21 
SN  - 2515-8767 
TT  - Le labyrinthe et l’attrapeur de pensées 
UR  - https://www.openscience.fr/The-Maze-and-the-Thought-Catcher 
IS  - Issue 4 
VL  - 7 
ER  -