Looking for Modern Art: Rethinking Art History

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Looking for Modern Art: Rethinking Art History

Many twentieth century European artists, such as Paul Gauguin or Pablo Picasso, were influenced by art brought to Europe from African and Asian colonies. How to frame these Modernist works today when the idea of the primitive in art is problematic?

Original Title

Expedition Moderne – Auf den Spuren unentdeckter Kunst

Release Date

2018-11-16

Year

2018

Duration

53m

Status

Released

Score

5.50

#australia#africa#asia#street-art#curatorship#art-school#art-gallery#modern-art#contemporary-art#art-history#sculptor#art-museum#african-mythology#painter-as-artist#aboriginal-mythology#tibetan-mythology

Cast

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Edda Fischer

Self - Narrator (voice)

Gregor Höppner

Gregor Höppner

Self - Narrator (voice)

Philipp Schepmann

Philipp Schepmann

Self - Narrator (voice)

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Simon T. Roden

Self - Narrator (voice)

Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso

Self (archive footage)

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Papa Ibra Tall

Self (archive footage)