Published on the occasion of an exhibition entitled Gauguin and Polynesia, held at Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, Sept. 24-Dec. 31, 2011, and Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA, Feb. 9-Apr. 29, 2012. Cf. foreword. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents:
artists in the Pacific respond to Gauguin / encounter of two worlds / Caroline Vercoe. A Danish start? : Paul Gauguin and the 'primitive' / Flemming Friborg -- Gauguin and the Paris World Fair : imagining the 'studio of the tropics' / Douglas Druick and Peter Zegers -- The participation of the 'Établissements français de l'Océanie' at the World Fair in Paris in 1889 / Véronique Mu-Liepmann -- Art and culture in 18th and 19th-century French Polynesia / Carol S. Ivory -- Handsome, savage and tattooed! : the tattoos and ornaments of the inhabitants of the 'Land of Men' in Gauguin's day and before / Marie-Noëlle Ottino-Garanger -- The first stay on Tahiti, June 1891-June 1893 / Isabelle Cahn -- On 1890s Tahiti / Anne D'Alleva -- Felicitous interbreedings / Stéphane Guégan -- Gauguin's Auckland visit / Bronwen Nicholson -- Remixing paradise : Gauguin and the Marquesas Islands / Elizabeth C. Childs -- Shifting visions in Marquesan art at the turn of the century / Carol S. Ivory -- Contemporary worlds : artists in the Pacific respond to Gauguin / Caroline Vercoe.
Summary:
"The evolution of this fascinating encounter between European and Polynesian culture also focuses on the larger development of art in the Pacific in the era following its first European contact. Twelve insightful and original essays about Paul Gauguin and Polynesia, written by eminent scholars in the field of art history and ethnology, present the development of Polynesian art before and after Gauguin's stay in Polynesia at the end of the 19th century. The book presents over 60 works by Paul Gauguin, fully revealing the extent of the influence of Polynesian art and culture on his work, while also highlighting more than 60 works from the Pacific that exemplify the dynamic exchanges of Pacific Island peoples with Europeans throughout the 19th century."--Publisher's website.
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