A Post-Structural Psychological Critic onWorn Shoes of Vincent Van Gogh

Out of the subjects Vincent Van Gogh used to choose, was his old and worn shoes. These paintings have caused many reactions among the critics and philosophers. In this paper, based on post-structure philosophy and a psychological approach, we study one of the most important Van Gogh’s paintings known as worn “shoes”. This research is basic-theoretical by target, and descriptive-analytical in methodology. Data achieved by library method. The survey shows that Van Gogh was not substantially a narcissist as a pessimist and unsociable, but he involves with a sort of schizophrenia narcissism which flows on the “Other” and this flux was possible by his continuous brush strokes. Van Gogh himself, in his “shoes”, flows thanks to the brush strokes. He knows how to deliriously convert his body into the words and brush strokes. He uses his strokes deliriously and through his delirium he flows his strokes by which he crystalizes his ideas. He makes his body flow on what he paints of objects, trees and portraits. Although “shoes” cannot rival in the quality of brush strokes to the Arles period, but yet, the robust strokes can be found in it.