Gavin Du Plessis
As a series, Archetype In Praxis is essentially linked to an ongoing leitmotiv representative of Gavin du Plessis’ committed interest in the teachings of Carl Gustav Jung and related studies by mythologists, pertaining to symbolism and archetypal phenomena.
Archetypes are irreprehensible in themselves, but their effects appear in consciousness as symbolic images and ideas. These are { timeless} universal patterns or motifs stemming from the collective unconscious forming the basic content of religious mythologies, legends and fairytales. Contextually; Du Plessis’ artistic aims and objectives are to arrive at the core of that which in essence links all humanity, as viewed from a { trans-national} universalistic perspective.
Within the broader human context relative to the collective unconscious, is the personal unconscious which in the individual psyche, archetypal imagery is commonly revealed via dreams and to a lesser extent through visionary states. Apart from the physical process of technical execution, required for the realisation of a given artistic image, Du Plessis’ essential motivational concerns is to arrive at a synthesis of both personal and collective psychic processes.
