Archetypal psychology and non-figurative painting

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" Archetypal psychology and non-figurative painting "
David Maclagan

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1069132
Doc. No	:	LA112761
Call No	:	‭10.1080/19409052.2014.921227‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	David Maclagan
Title & Author	:	Archetypal psychology and non-figurative painting [Article]\ David Maclagan
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	International Journal of Jungian Studies
Date	:	2015
Volume/ Issue Number	:	7/1
Page No	:	33–40
Abstract	:	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’.
Descriptor	:	abstract painting;
Descriptor	:	chaos
Descriptor	:	inarticulate form;
Descriptor	:	nature of image;
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1080/19409052.2014.921227‬