About Hare

This piece was a lot less disturbing and creepy to look at compared to some of the others, I find that this is due to the much less humanoid feel of the piece, especially in the facial features.

The White Cube says this about the piece 'The Hare is the presiding spirit of the exhibition, whom Altmejd recognises as the Jungian archetype of the Trickster. According to Carl Jung’s theory of the collective unconscious, our ancestral memories are represented by certain universal themes and roles which appear throughout our literature, art and dreams, and these can explain our psychology. Trickster is irrational, a prankster and shapeshifter. He is Hermes, audacious thief and messenger for the Gods, and Loki the gender-switching master of disguise. For the Yoruba he travels between heaven and earth, and to First Nations people he is Rabbit, Raven or Coyote, the rule breaker whose mischief brings about change. He surfaces in African-American folk tradition as Br’er Rabbit. The essayist Lewis Hyde, tracks Trickster into the modern age, subsumed into the role of the artist, and makes a case that this playful, subversive and disruptive force is indispensable to the vitality of our culture.'

Exhibition visit - David Altmejd at White Cube Mason's yard

Confirm copying