This presentation focuses upon the work of the German artist Anselm Kiefer, exploring how he examines and confronts the destructive and potentially creative forces that abound in our imperiled world. In his paintings, we will see how the deadly face of alpha narcissism, with its underlying dynamics of psychopathy, traverses the personal and transcendent as well as the cultural and political realities of our times. An exploration of the archetypal landscapes underlying narcissism in general, and alpha narcissism in particular, leads us into considerations about the psychological development required to meet these primal forces.
Kiefer’s work guides us into an understanding that accepting the limits of narcissism and suffering life’s agonies can bear fruit personally and culturally.Nancy Dougherty M.S.W., is a Jungian Analyst with a private practice in Naples, Florida. She is a Senior Training Analyst at the C.G. Jung Institute of Chicago, and is currently the Director of Training of the InterRegional Society of Jungian Analysts. Nancy comes from the Detroit area, and for many years had a practice in Birmingham Michigan.
Along with her co-author, Dr. Jacqueline West, and Nancy wrote The Matrix and Meaning of Character: An Archetypal and Developmental Approach, Routledge, 2007.
Michigan ~ Friends of Jung
Invites you to attend
Presented by
The Palette of Anselm Kiefer: Witnessing Our Imperiled World
Nancy Dougherty, M.S.W.
October 9, 2009
7:00 - 9:00 pm
Royal Oak Senior Community Center
3500 Marias Avenue
Royal Oak, Michigan
Lecture Fee:
Members $20
Non-members $25
Full-time Students $10
Payable by check or cash at the door
Contact Information:
Michigan ~ Friends of Jung
P. O. Box 33008
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48303-3008
Phone: 810.220.9348
Web address: www.jungmich.org
Email: mail@jungmich.org
