David Altmejd Contemplates the Trickster Archetype at White Cube

David Altmejd's latest exhibition is centered around the Jungian archetype of the trickster. On view at White Cube in London, the Canadian sculptor invites visitors to a brooding hare that sits ominously in a yogic pose with ears outstretched to the confines of the space. The show's inspiration comes from Carl Jung's theory of the collective unconscious, where the Swiss psychiatrist examined the universal themes present in virtually every creation story across art, literature and religion. Among...