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Alejandro García Contreras: Exploring the Collective Subconscious

Alejandro García Contreras' work is a testament to the collective subconscious, a concept that suggests a shared reservoir of archetypes and symbols across time and space.

His ceramic cosmologies, bronze narrative, and cosmic paintings, as seen in "The World as a Labyrinth," reflect this idea, which is also explored by authors such as Bolesław Biegas and Gustave Moreau in Paris.

The collective subconscious is not a static archive but a living field of imagination continually reshaping itself through the "original instructions" already embedded in the human psyche, as described by Carl Jung.

This notion is at the heart of García Contreras' art, which is deeply attuned to the flow of universal consciousness shared by humanity across eras and geographies.

The best art often begins with a soul call, transforming creation into a mission, and García Contreras' work is a prime example of this phenomenon.

Author's summary: García Contreras' art explores collective subconscious.

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Observer Observer — 2025-11-01

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