Interiors - December 2009/January 2010

Jung shared the book with only a few people. after his death, in
1961, his family kept it hidden for nearly half a century. now, the
Liber Novus, also known as The Red Book, is on public display for
the first time at the rubin Museum of art in new York.
confronting his inner demons led Jung to his theories about
the collective unconscious and archetypes—universal ways of
thinking that guide how we express ourselves as a society and
individuals. He believed, that although we are never completely
aware of these influences, we catch glimpses of them in
archetypical images and references in popular culture, such as
the trickster, wise old man and hero. Given their revelatory function,
viewers may wonder about the meaning of Jung’s imagery.
“The whole Red Book, if i interpret it in the correct way, is a struggle
to find his own myth, to find his own god,” says Martin Brauen, the
rubin Museum’s chief curator. “He was searching for a means to
bring order in his life.” The text describes Jung’s journey through
an unsettling imaginary landscape—Hell, according to sonu
shamdasani, editor and translator of the newly published Red
Book reproduction. some of the paintings depict that journey,
and some are abstract, mandala-like structures. rendered in vivid
color and exquisite detail, they are reminiscent of both medieval
exposition

Levi, The Red Book of C. G. Jung: Creation of a New Cosmology,
through January 25, Rubin Museum of Art, 150 West 17th Street,
57 New York, NY 212 620 5000 rmanyc.org. The Red Book, by C. G.
Jung, published by W. W. Norton & Company www.norton.com

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