In the Walter Neurath Memorial Lecture, Professor Pollock proposes the avant-garde as a series of gambits. Based on Gauguin's 1892 painting of his Tahitian wife, Manao Tupapau, she poses questions of cultural, sexual and ethnic difference to make us all self-critical in regard to art history.
Language
English
Pages
80
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Release
April 01, 1993
ISBN
0500550255
ISBN 13
9780500550250
Avant-Garde Gambits, 1888-1893: Gender and the Colour of Art History
In the Walter Neurath Memorial Lecture, Professor Pollock proposes the avant-garde as a series of gambits. Based on Gauguin's 1892 painting of his Tahitian wife, Manao Tupapau, she poses questions of cultural, sexual and ethnic difference to make us all self-critical in regard to art history.