Why I had to leave Germany: - General Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Tue, May 13, 2008 1:11 AM On 2008-05-12 23:52, Quiet Village Idiot wrote: Very interesting to consider the connection between the German colonial presence in the Pacific and the primitive influence on modern art. Read all about it in TIKI MODERN ! :) Well, I thought I had pointed to the fact somewhere that without France, Belgium and Germany having their 19th Century African/South Seas colonies from which then countless "curiosities" were imported, the Moderns in Paris and Die Bruecke in Berlin would not have had any "primitive idols" to discover in the flea markets and museums of their respective metropolises, and without these artifacts' inspiration, 20th Century "modern art" would not have been the same. ....good god, now you made me watch that Heino video again! Let's not go there again, please... [ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2008-05-13 01:16 ]

On 2008-05-12 23:52, Quiet Village Idiot wrote:
Very interesting to consider the connection between the German colonial presence in the Pacific and the primitive influence on modern art.

Read all about it in TIKI MODERN ! :) Well, I thought I had pointed to the fact somewhere that without France, Belgium and Germany having their 19th Century African/South Seas colonies from which then countless "curiosities" were imported, the Moderns in Paris and Die Bruecke in Berlin would not have had any "primitive idols" to discover in the flea markets and museums of their respective metropolises, and without these artifacts' inspiration, 20th Century "modern art" would not have been the same.

....good god, now you made me watch that Heino video again! Let's not go there again, please...

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2008-05-13 01:16 ]

Post #379931 by bigbrotiki on Tue, May 13, 2008 1:11 AM