Avant-garde gambits, 1888-1893 : gender and the color of art history

Author

Pollock, Griselda

Document type

Livre

Language

English

Collection

Walter Neurath memorial lectures.

Source

Avant-garde gambits, 1888-1893 : gender and the color of art history. 1992, 80 p., 50 ill.; bibliogr. ref.

ISBN

0-500-55025-5

Publisher

Thames and Hudson, New York (usa)

Publication country

United States

Abstract (en)

Argues that Gauguin, van Gogh and Emile Bernard, in their searches for "a purer nature of the countryside" in sites such as Brittany and Provence, were actually cultural colonizers. Proposes a new theory of the avant-garde represented by these artists, which sees modernity as a series of games of "reference, deference and difference." Focuses on Gauguin's portrait of his Tahitian wife, Manao Tupapau, 1892 (Buffalo, Albright-Knox Art Gallery), which is seen as both referring and deferring to Manet's Olympia (Paris, Musée d'Orsay). Discusses the implications of this deliberate comparison for the art historical understanding of Gauguin's depiction of a woman of a different ethnic background.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing -- France
• Gauguin, Paul, 1848-1903
• Painting
• France
• 1800-1900
• Gogh, Vincent van, 1853-1890
• Netherlands
• Colonialism
• Avant-garde
• Albright-Knox Art Gallery||Buffalo (NY, USA)
• Manao Tupapau (Spirit of the Dead Watching)
• Gender (sex)
• Racism
• Manet, Edouard, 1832-1883

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin -- France
• Gauguin, Paul, 1848-1903
• Peinture
• France
• 1800-1900
• Gogh, Vincent van, 1853-1890
• Pays-Bas
• Colonialisme
• Avant-garde
• Albright-Knox Art Gallery||Buffalo (NY, USA)
• Manao Tupapau (L'Esprit des morts veille)
• Sexe (catégorie)
• Racisme
• Manet, Edouard, 1832-1883

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19941001-00348422

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