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The Myth of primitivism : perspectives on art
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- Creator
- edited and compiled by Susan Hiller
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- London ; New York : Routledge, 1991
- Physical Details
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- viii, 355 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780415014809, 0415014808, 9780415014816, 0415014816
- OCLC
- ocm19515208
- Based on seminars held at the Slade School of Art, University College, London in 1985-86.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Some general observations on the problem of cultural colonialism / Kenneth Coutts-Smith -- Outsiders or insiders? / David Maclagan -- Primitive art and the necessity of primitivism to art / Daniel Miller -- Expeditions : on race and nation / Black Audio/Film Collective -- Emil Nolde's 'ethnographic' still lifes : primitivism, tradition, and modernity / Jill Lloyd -- Unofficial versions / Guy Brett -- The resurgence of the night-mind: primitivist revivals in recent art / Lynne Cooke -- From primitivism to ethnic arts / Rasheed Araeen -- Ethnography and the formation of national and cultural identities / Annie E. Coombes -- Art and meaning / Signe Howell -- Dark continents explored by women / Desa Philippi and Anna Howells
- Leonardo's 'last supper' in Fiji / Christina Toren -- The search for virginity / Jimmie Durham -- Unsettled accounts of Indians and others / Jean Fisher -- Locality fails / Imants Tillers -- Aboriginal representation and kitsch / Christopher Pearson -- Born from sharp rocks / Edgar Heap of Birds