Introduction: irony, oviri -- Moonlighting: Gauguin between stock exchange and avant-garde, 1873-1880 -- Paris-Rouen-Copenhagen, 1881-1885 -- Impressions, 1885-1886 -- Margot, Madeleine, Misere, 1886-1889 -- The medium is the message, 1889 -- Old and new worls, 1889-1891 -- Chameleon, 1889-1891 -- Oceania, en sauvage, 1891-1893 and 1895-1903 -- Epilogue: legacies, 1903-2021.
Summary:
"Hailed as a pivotal figure of early modernist art yet also long denounced for his personal conduct, Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) remains an ambiguous figure. Recent intensified debate around gender and colonialism has placed him under renewed scrutiny for his alleged sexual relations with prepubescent girls and the part he played in colonialist misdemeanors during his French Polynesian sojourns. Yet top auction prices and undiminished interest in his oeuvre uphold Gauguin's celebrity status. Danish art historian and curator Flemming Friborg reveals the fascinating story of the artist's life and times in and around the circle of Impressionists and Symbolists, as well as his travels in France, Denmark and Tahiti, by analyzing hitherto neglected material and themes. This handsomely designed volume visually maps Gauguin's intricate web of influences, linking painterly, musical and literary traces throughout his artistic output and writings. It is an attempt to approach the artist and his work from new angles, in order to align the seemingly disparate traits in Gauguin and to present an image which accommodates both the Master and the Monster." -- Provided by publisher. Mystikken og myterne omkring kunstneren Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) lever i bedste velgående. Hyldet som en af den tidlige modernismes mest betydningsfulde figurer, men samtidig fordømt for sit arbejde og sin karakter.00Bogen sætter fokus på Gauguins virke og et eftermæle, der forbliver tvetydigt. Diskussionen om hans kunst og person er ikke blevet mindre relevant i en tid, hvor #MeToo sætter nyt fokus på Gauguins forhold til mindreårige piger og hans andel i kolonialismen i Fransk Polynesien. Alligevel sælges hans malerier stadig for astronomiske beløb og kæmpeudstillinger præger museer verden over ? Gauguins status som berømt geni er uanfægtet. Det er på tide at betragte mesteren og monsteret som uadskillelige størrelser. Med Flemming Friborgs fascinerende bog anskues Gauguins metode og moral som uløseligt forbundne i et omhyggeligt plejet, personligt brand. Men moderniteten havde store omkostninger, kunstnerisk og personligt.
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