MODERNISM/ COLOLONIALISM
Gauguin Yellow Christ, 1889; Madonna, Like a Virgin, 1984
MODERNISM EXPRESSIONISM PRIMITIVISM COLOLONIALISM
MODERNISM IS…. 1) A break with TRADITION 2) When HISTORY becomes a problem 3) Importance of ORIGINALITY 4)The result of encountering non- Western art 5) A series of ARGUMENTS between artists
Paul Gauguin, Yellow Christ, 1889
Photograph of Gauguin, 1888
EXPRESSIONISM Paul Gauguin, Yellow Christ, 1889 IMPRESSIONISM, Claude Monet, Landscape: The Park Monceau, 1876
Gauguin, self-portraits made between 1889 and 1890
Gauguin, Matamoe/Peacocks in the Country, 1892 Gauguin, Matu Mua/ In Olden Times, 1892
MODERNISM IS…. 3) Importance of ORIGINALITY
MODERNISM IS…. Modernism’s ORIGINS Picasso, Demoiselles d’Avignon
Edouard Manet, Olympia, 1863
Gauguin, Copy of Manet’s Olympia, 1891 Edouard Manet, Olympia, 1863
RETORTS TO OLYMPIA Edouard Manet, Olympia, 1863 Gauguin, Manao Tupapau/ Spirit of the Dead Watching 1892
Gauguin, In Olden Time, 1892 Picasso, Demoiselles d’Avignon
COLONIALISM Gauguin, In Olden Time, 1892 Picasso, Demoiselles d’Avignon
MODERNISM IS…. 4) The result of encountering non-Western art
Henri Matisse, Blue Nude: Souvenir of Biskra, 1907 POST-GAUGUIN
Henri Matisse, Green Stripe/ Portrait of Madame Matisse,, 1905 FAUVISM
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Nude Under a Japanese Umbrella, 1909 EXPRESSIONISM MORE RETORTS TO OLYMPIA
Pablo Picasso, Demoiselles D’Avignon, 1907
MODERNISM IS…. 5) A series of ARGUMENTS between artists
MODERNISM IS…. 5) A series of ARGUMENTS between artists….which are played out on the female body
Gauguin, Sketch for Spirit of the Dead Watching,
Faith Ringgold, French Collection, Part 1, # 7 In Picasso’s Studio, 1991
Gauguin, Jacob Wrestling with the Angel
Gauguin, Breton Girls Dancing, 1888