The Deep Self: An Analysis of Art Brut Symbols Based on Individual Unconsciousness

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10.2991/assehr.k.220110.221How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Art Brut; symbolic analysis; individual unconsciousness; art therapy

Abstract

Based on the individual unconsciousness proposed by psychologist Carl Jung, this paper makes a picture analysis of the Art Brut works created by prisoners. On the one hand, it focuses on the symbols generated by creative association in the process of meaning generation of national culture. On the other hand, the author’s life experience is combined to explore the individual unconsciousness and complex conveyed by the symbols of his works. Through the study of symbols, this paper aims to dig out the strong primitive power of human beings contained in the original works of art, which is called irrational power, but is exactly missing in modern civilization.

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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yu Fan.
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/01/28
TI  - The Deep Self: An Analysis of Art Brut Symbols Based on Individual Unconsciousness
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Public Art and Human Development ( ICPAHD 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1181
EP  - 1184
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220110.221
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220110.221
ID  - Fan.2022
ER  -