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Looking for Modern Art: Rethinking Art History

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Looking for Modern Art: Rethinking Art History

5.5

0h 53m

2018

Synopsis

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?

Director

Jörg Jung

DocumentaryTV Movie

australiaafricaasiastreet artcuratorshipart schoolart gallerymodern artcontemporary artart historysculptorart museum

Cast & Crew

Edda Fischer

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Gregor Höppner

Gregor Höppner

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Philipp Schepmann

Philipp Schepmann

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Simon T. Roden

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso

as Self (archive footage)

Papa Ibra Tall

as Self (archive footage)

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