Open AccessArchetypes in Batsa Gopal Vaidya's Paintings
Author(s) -
Yam Prasad Sharma
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
sirjana
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2565-5086
DOI - 10.3126/sirjana.v7i1.39353
Subject(s) - archetype , mythology , painting , pleasure , unconscious mind , collective unconscious , aesthetics , trace (psycholinguistics) , art , history , art history , philosophy , literature , epistemology , psychology , psychoanalysis , linguistics , neuroscience
Batsa Gopal Vaidya's paintings integrate primordial images, symbols, and figures from myths, cultures, and rituals. These images and symbols are the archetypes that appear recurrently in his artworks. The artist shares these primordial images from his collective unconscious, the common heritage of mankind, and the storehouse of archetypes that reappear in the creative process. They suggest the pattern of experiences of our ancestors. These recurring communicable images function as an aesthetic mode of communication in society. Swastika, shaligram, tilaka, the Himalaya, rivers, various deities, and their attributes are such images and symbols that do not only provide aesthetic pleasure but also take the viewers back to their cultural roots, rituals, and myths. This article attempts to trace the archetypes in Vaidya's works and explain their significances.