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Janet Malcolm: Free Associations

Assembling a haunting array of case notes from an unknown psychiatrist who worked in the 1940s, collage artist Janet Malcolm creates a yellowed, bygone aesthetic.

Published Dec. 31 2011 4:45AM EST

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galleries/2011/12/31/janet-malcolm-free-associations-photos/Malcolm-The-Sun-with-Spot-Big-Enough-to-swallow-the-Earth_nqjs6g — Courtesy of Janet Malcolm

galleries/2011/12/31/janet-malcolm-free-associations-photos/Malcolm-Irretrievable-Hippopotamus_z0qihg

galleries/2011/12/31/janet-malcolm-free-associations-photos/Malcolm-Dreams-Take-us-to-the-Garden-of-Our-Youth_nuxegg — Courtesy of Janet Malcolm

galleries/2011/12/31/janet-malcolm-free-associations-photos/Malcolm-Shelley-Winters_vdwl4i — Courtesy of Janet Malcolm

galleries/2011/12/31/janet-malcolm-free-associations-photos/Malcolm-Ouch-Ouch-Disease_dpcade — Courtesy of Janet Malcolm

galleries/2011/12/31/janet-malcolm-free-associations-photos/Malcolm-Rabbit-Ear_a0oqbz — Courtesy of Janet Malcolm

galleries/2011/12/31/janet-malcolm-free-associations-photos/Malcolm-Six-Intercourses-in-Succession_pjrtxv — Courtesy of Janet Malcolm

galleries/2011/12/31/janet-malcolm-free-associations-photos/Malcolm-Temperature-of-world-cities_sfctzr — Courtesy of Janet Malcolm

galleries/2011/12/31/janet-malcolm-free-associations-photos/Malcolm-Too-Clinical_ogybd9 — Courtesy of Janet Malcolm

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