honorable mention
Kevin Eichorst
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While conducting research for the project, I discovered the following passage in Boys Will Be Men: Masculinity in Troubled Times by Richard A. Hawley; “Every infant boy fears and resents his father and would like to eliminate him. The fear and hostility felt for the father are expressed in a cathartic “identification” with him. In the Freudian scheme, a child’s assumption of psychological masculinity is an impostor, motivated by unbearable dread. As junior is recognized as a chip off the old block – the identification with the boy’s father, or some father figure, becomes locked into his mature personality.”
Hawley’s quote struck me in a very personal way. How has my personality and sense of identity been influenced by a father I never knew, and a stepfather that I am just now taking the time to know?
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entry description
Coming to terms with my father’s death, who passed away when I was six, left me with a stepfather that I never truly allowed into my life. This body of work is an exploration of my relationship with my stepfather and my own sense of masculinity.While conducting research for the project, I discovered the following passage in Boys Will Be Men: Masculinity in Troubled Times by Richard A. Hawley; “Every infant boy fears and resents his father and would like to eliminate him. The fear and hostility felt for the father are expressed in a cathartic “identification” with him. In the Freudian scheme, a child’s assumption of psychological masculinity is an impostor, motivated by unbearable dread. As junior is recognized as a chip off the old block – the identification with the boy’s father, or some father figure, becomes locked into his mature personality.”
Hawley’s quote struck me in a very personal way. How has my personality and sense of identity been influenced by a father I never knew, and a stepfather that I am just now taking the time to know?
about the photographer
Kevin Eichorst (1980) is a Chicago based artist currently enrolled in the MFA Studio program at the San Francisco Art Institute. His working method is interdisciplinary with projects taking the form of photography, collage and printmaking. Eichorst's work is a deeply personal response to his own life, and explores themes of memory, loss, identity and their psychological underpinnings.back to gallery
