Surrealism which tried to study and express about infinite unconsciousness of human being was influenced by theories of Freud and Jung and Dadaism. Futhermore, it was an important turning-point of fine arts in 20th century as looking the way of direct...
Surrealism which tried to study and express about infinite unconsciousness of human being was influenced by theories of Freud and Jung and Dadaism. Futhermore, it was an important turning-point of fine arts in 20th century as looking the way of direct approach into the unconsciousness territory.
Salvador Dali was a representative artist exactly corresponded with ideal and purpose of the Surrealism. His unique eye-vision and imagination made him participate in the surrealism group and took the lead of the Surrealism. The reason that I focus on Dali is that his expressions, dream, illusion, and religious images of unconsciousness are related to Surrealism. Automatisme he used causes catharsis during the process transferring his extravagant notions and madness into a canvas. This is a kind of instrument and means to purify his mind. His creative activity was finally occupied in evidences about the inner world of human being. Moreover he tried to express personal experiences and accept differences from that and study more exact self-realization and self-identifier.
Like this, these inventive active arts has makes human being face up to his/her desire, wound, and wish through the conscientization of unconsciousness. These act naturally helps healing and is important portion in the Art Therapy.
These days, Art Therapy makes a remarkable growth of studies based on the theories of Freud and Jung. The personal unconsciousness theory of Frued is connected to the art therapy through free-association. The group unconsciousness and the archtype are expanded into the art therapy territory through mandala and active mental images.
This study aim at analyzing essential elements of art works through Freud and Jung's theories and finding the reasons from the view of art therapy and, at the end, presenting frames of art therapy theory based on those main causes. In other words, the purpose of this thesis is considering to find out guides which can be applied into the field of the art therapy through ways of creation effectively functioned on projection on consciousness and art works.
Lastly, I hope this study is a help to indicate theoretical proprieties for practical and technical use through understanding mental conflicts and analyzing dream, illusion, and religious images of Dali' work.