Reading Psychological Atlas Transnationally.

This essay identifies aspects of Eduardo Paolozzi's art and life that warrant study from a transnational perspective. As an example, it considers how Paolozzi's collage-book, Psychological Atlas, 1949, uses a catalogue for the exhibition ‘Kunstschaffen in Deutschland’ to intensify its exploration of mobility, how people and objects belong to a place and a nation, the reclamation of cultural patrimony and the revitalization of nation-based, contemporary culture. Within the context of the social and cultural climate of the post-war period in England and Europe, the themes held significance for developments in nation-art relationships and some aspects of Paolozzi's life. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]