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Archetypal psychology and non-figurative painting

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Archetypal psychology and non-figurative painting

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David Maclagan

Leiden

Brill

Given that the idiom of archetypal psychology is emphatically figurative, how do we deal with non-figurative painting from this perspective? This paper focuses on the kind of abstract painting in which spontaneous, gestural marks create a ground where specific forms cannot be clearly distinguished (Jackson Pollock's 'drip' paintings being a well-known example). Such 'chaotic' paintings call into question the whole notion of what we mean by 'image'. I relate these to Anton Ehrenzweig's concept of 'inarticulate form', as well as to some of James Hillman's ideas about aesthetic apprehension, and also draw on my own experience as an artist in creating a series called 'The ground of All Being'. Given that the idiom of archetypal psychology is emphatically figurative, how do we deal with non-figurative painting from this perspective? This paper focuses on the kind of abstract painting in which spontaneous, gestural marks create a ground where specific forms cannot be clearly distinguished (Jackson Pollock's 'drip' paintings being a well-known example). Such 'chaotic' paintings call into question the whole notion of what we mean by 'image'. I relate these to Anton Ehrenzweig's concept of 'inarticulate form', as well as to some of James Hillman's ideas about aesthetic apprehension, and also draw on my own experience as an artist in creating a series called 'The ground of All Being'.

2015

33-40

International Journal of Jungian Studies

7/1

1940-9060

abstract painting;

chaos

inarticulate form;

nature of image;

David Maclagan

10.1080/19409052.2014.921227

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