Primitive art in the Western world: Collecting and preserving art, or looting and money making? - General Tiki

S Sophista-tiki Tiki Socialite Seattle WA Joined: Sep 13, 2005 Posts: 1899	S Sophista-tiki Posted posted on Sun, Mar 29, 2009 7:26 PM good point I'm going to read those articles. during the course of the day I discussed this topic with several of my museum friends and got all kinds of feedback on every-side of the issue. Mostly the first thing everyone said was "thats stuff was stolen in the first place and how imperialistic of Westerners to assume it only becomes art because they say so.....on and on it went is was like I opened a big can of worms. but good discussion never the less. edited for rum induced spelling errors [ Edited by: Sophista-tiki 2009-03-29 19:45 ]

good point I'm going to read those articles. during the course of the day I discussed this topic with several of my museum friends and got all kinds of feedback on every-side of the issue. Mostly the first thing everyone said was "thats stuff was stolen in the first place and how imperialistic of Westerners to assume it only becomes art because they say so.....on and on it went is was like I opened a big can of worms. but good discussion never the less.

edited for rum induced spelling errors

[ Edited by: Sophista-tiki 2009-03-29 19:45 ]

Post #443474 by Sophista-tiki on Sun, Mar 29, 2009 7:26 PM