Possessions: Indigenous Art, Colonial Culture
Tribal art has been one of the greatest inspirations for twentieth-century Western artists. Picasso, Matisse, Ernst, and Brancusi responded in unforgettable ways to masks, sculpture, and other forms of indigenous African, Oceanic, and American art. The politics of this relationship have long been a matter of contention: is it a cross-cultural discovery to be celebrated, or just one more example of Western colonial appropriation?This revelatory book looks at the distinctive situation of the settler society -- countries in which large numbers of Europeans have displaced, outnumbered, but never entirely eclipsed native peoples. In this dynamic o…
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- ISBN: 978-0-500-28097-3
- EAN: 9780500280973
- Produktnummer: 9414088
- Verlag: Thames & Hudson
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1999
- Seitenangabe: 304 S.
- Masse: H23.1 cm x B16.2 cm x D1.9 cm 730 g
- Gewicht: 730
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