Man Ray, the Surrealists, and African/Pacific culture - General Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Fri, Sep 24, 2010 9:25 PM How funny, another photo I also put in Tiki Modern. It is uncanny how certain things just pop up at the same time. I just put this review for the book up on Amazon: "This book is more proof that there is a current Zeitgeist which wants to shed more light on the relationship between "primitive" art and the moderns, a phenomenon that had been forgotten and marginalized for too long. It is difficult to assess today what an impact the native arts of Africa and Oceania had on artists in the early 20th Century, and how and why they could use these esthetic concepts as inspiration and as subversive tools to rock the Status Quo, but this book admirably enlightens and broadens the view on this important step in the evolution of modern art."

How funny, another photo I also put in Tiki Modern. It is uncanny how certain things just pop up at the same time. I just put this review for the book up on Amazon:

"This book is more proof that there is a current Zeitgeist which wants to shed more light on the relationship between "primitive" art and the moderns, a phenomenon that had been forgotten and marginalized for too long. It is difficult to assess today what an impact the native arts of Africa and Oceania had on artists in the early 20th Century, and how and why they could use these esthetic concepts as inspiration and as subversive tools to rock the Status Quo, but this book admirably enlightens and broadens the view on this important step in the evolution of modern art."

Post #555949 by bigbrotiki on Fri, Sep 24, 2010 9:25 PM