Warum Kunst?

What does man gain for his existence from the act of creating art? The authors of the book explore this question from different perspectives. The impulse to create a form of whatever kind from amorphous materials such as paint, stone, clay, paper and canvas, but also light and other materials, must be connected with the prospect of gaining satisfaction - otherwise one would not do it. A picture is said to find a place in it what has no place in other life and a thousand words do not capture. Works of art are among the foundations of culture; being creative is one of the basic human needs. Renowned art scholars, artists, psychoanalysts as well as art and psychotherapists try to give answers why this is so: Gottfried Boehm, Michael Buchholz, Karin Dannecker, Esther Dreifuss-Kattan, Uwe Herrmann, Ag.