"Primitivism" in 20th century art : affinity of the tribal and the modern /

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Exhibition catalogues.

Contents:

Volume 1: Modernist primitivism : an introduction / William Rubin -- The arrival of tribal objects in the West. From North America / Christian F. Feest -- From Oceania / Philippe Peltier -- From Africa / Jean-Louis Paudrat -- Primitivism in modern art. Gauguin / Kirk Varnedoe -- Matisse and the Fauves / Jack D. Flam -- Picasso / William Rubin --

Volume 2: Brancusi / Sidney Geist -- German expressionism / Donald E. Gordon -- Italian painting / Ezio Bassani -- Paris and London : Modigliani, Lipchitz, Epstein, and Gaudier-Brzeska / Alan G. Wilkinson -- American art / Gail Levin -- Leger : "The creation of the world" / Laura Rosenstock -- Paul Klee / Jean Laude -- Giacometti / Rosalind Krauss -- Dada and surrealism / Evan Maurer -- Henry Moore / Alan G. Wilkinson -- Abstract expressionism / Kirk Varnedoe -- Contemporary explorations / Kirk Varnedoe.

Summary: The crucial influence of the tribal arts--especially those of Africa and Oceania--on modern painters and sculptors has long been recognized. Yet surprisingly, this book is the first comprehensive scholarly treatment of the subject in half a century, and the first ever to illustrate and discuss tribal works collected by vanguard artists. In this visually stunning and intellectually provocative work, nineteen heavily illustrated essays by fifteen scholars confront complex aesthetic, art-historical, and sociological problems posed by this dramatic chapter in the history of modern art. The long introductory essay by William Rubin, while defining the parameters of modernist primitivism, sketches the history of western attitudes toward primitive peoples and, in particular, toward their art, raising fundamental questions and correcting widespread misconceptions. Succeeding background chapters by historians of primitive art trace the arrival and dissemination of African, Oceanic, American Indian, and Eskimo art in the West. In 1906 tribal sculpture was "discovered" by twentieth century artists; these objects had suddenly become relevant because of the changes in the nature of modern art itself. The main body of the book contains a series of essays on primitivism in the works of Gauguin, the Fauves, Picasso, Brancusi, the German Expressionists, Lipchitz, Modigliani, Klee, Giacometti, Moore, the Surrealists, Abstract Expressionists. It concludes with a discussion of primitivist contemporary artists, including those involved in earthworks, shamanism, and ritual -inspired performances. More than a thousand illustrations juxtapose on the pages of these volumes specific Primitive works with those of modernist masters, exploring their underlying affinities and illuminating intricate problems of influence and rapport. The tribal works illustrated include not only a variety of masterpieces pertinent to modernist interests, but other objects vital to the history of primitivism." -- Publisher's description

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Whitecliffe Library General Shelves	General	N 7428 PRI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		0001377
Book	Whitecliffe Library General Shelves	General	N 7428 PRI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	2	Available		0001378

"Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same title shown at the following museums: The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Detroit Institute of Arts, Dallas Museum of Art." -- Title page verso

Includes bibliographical references (volume I, pages 334-340 and volume II, pages 683-684).

The crucial influence of the tribal arts--especially those of Africa and Oceania--on modern painters and sculptors has long been recognized. Yet surprisingly, this book is the first comprehensive scholarly treatment of the subject in half a century, and the first ever to illustrate and discuss tribal works collected by vanguard artists. In this visually stunning and intellectually provocative work, nineteen heavily illustrated essays by fifteen scholars confront complex aesthetic, art-historical, and sociological problems posed by this dramatic chapter in the history of modern art. The long introductory essay by William Rubin, while defining the parameters of modernist primitivism, sketches the history of western attitudes toward primitive peoples and, in particular, toward their art, raising fundamental questions and correcting widespread misconceptions. Succeeding background chapters by historians of primitive art trace the arrival and dissemination of African, Oceanic, American Indian, and Eskimo art in the West. In 1906 tribal sculpture was "discovered" by twentieth century artists; these objects had suddenly become relevant because of the changes in the nature of modern art itself. The main body of the book contains a series of essays on primitivism in the works of Gauguin, the Fauves, Picasso, Brancusi, the German Expressionists, Lipchitz, Modigliani, Klee, Giacometti, Moore, the Surrealists, Abstract Expressionists. It concludes with a discussion of primitivist contemporary artists, including those involved in earthworks, shamanism, and ritual -inspired performances. More than a thousand illustrations juxtapose on the pages of these volumes specific Primitive works with those of modernist masters, exploring their underlying affinities and illuminating intricate problems of influence and rapport. The tribal works illustrated include not only a variety of masterpieces pertinent to modernist interests, but other objects vital to the history of primitivism." -- Publisher's description