Jeanne Randolph
Jeanne Randolph (born 1943) is a cultural critic, author, performance artist and psychiatrist whose work explores the relationship between art and psychoanalytic theory. She was the first writer in Canada to develop Object Relations psychoanalytic theory as a medium for cultural criticism. She introduced "ficto-criticism" as an unprecedented method for exploring the relationship between writing and an artist's work. In universities and galleries across Canada, England, Australia and Spain she has spoken on topics ranging from the aesthetics of Barbie dolls to the philosophy of Wittgenstein. Books. Dr. Jeanne Randolph is the author of "Shopping Cart  Pantheism" (2015), "Joanne Todd" (1989, currently out of print), "Psychoanalysis & Synchronized Swimming and Other Writings on Art" (1991), "Symbolism and its Discontents" (1997), "Why Stoics Box" (2006) and "Ethics of Luxury: Materialism and Imagination" (2007), and co-author of "Semble: Lyn Carter, Ginette Legaré & Jeannie Thib." She has contributed essays to books about art and artists including "Subconscious City", "Susan Kealey: Ordinary Marvel" and "Robbin Deyo: Sweet Sensation" among others. Performances. Randolph's lectures evolved into performances that have been presented in venues including the Dunlop Art Gallery's "Space Camp" (2000), the Banff Centre for the Arts (2004) and  Gallery 1.1.1 (2008). They have been described as, "extemporaneous soliloquies [that] illuminate and interpret traditional academic pedagogy, enacting criticism as a dynamic psychoanalytic and philosophical contribution to cultural objects".