Oglethorpe Museum Displays Psych Patients' Art Work

 “This is an exceptional opportunity to view symbolic and historic art that has been secured in the Institute’s archives for decades.” - Oglethorpe University Museum of Art Director Lloyd Nick.

Carl Jung was arguably one of the most fascinating minds of modern psychology. Credited as the founder of analytical psychology, he is one of the worlds' best known researchers of dream analysis.

For the first time ever, 40 mandalas created by Jung's patients are on display in Brookhaven at the Museum of Art - providing rare insight into the creative expression of the conscious and unconscious mind through the eys of patients.

The Sacred Round is curated by Dr. Vicente de Moura, archivist at the C. G. Jung Institute and a Jungian analyst. Assistant curators are Dr. Jutta von Buchholtz, a Jungian analyst from Birmingham, Alabama, and Lloyd Nick, director of the Oglethorpe University Museum of Art.

“Jung realized through his own paintings that balance is possible when one gets out of the opposites and focuses in the middle. Intuitively Jung drew mandalas, which led him to a center,” said de Moura. “Later he observed that the symbol had a similar meaning for his patients.”

“Since I first visited the Jung Institute in Zurich, I have worked to bring these mandalas to Oglethorpe University and Atlanta,” said OUMA Director Lloyd Nick. “This is an exceptional opportunity to view symbolic and historic art that has been secured in the Institute’s archives for decades.”

The Sacred Round: Mandalas by the Patients of Carl Jung, were created by patients during their treatment between 1926 and 1945. Mandalas, meaning “circles” or “holy circles,” were used during therapy to express the conscious and unconscious.

The exhibit is on display now until May 6.

Located on the campus of Oglethorpe University, OUMA is open Tuesday through Sunday from Noon to 5 p.m. Docent tours are offered on Sundays at 2 p.m. General admission: $5. OUMA members and children under 12 receive free admission. Free and ample parking is available. For additional information and group tours, call 404-364-8555.