"This is a much needed, important collection-a goldmine of sources
for scholars and students. The texts articulate the key Primitivist
aesthetic discourses of the period, offering crucial insight into
the complex and always changing nexus between culture, politics,
and representation. Because of the breadth of the materials covered
and the controversies they raise, this anthology is one of the all
too rare volumes that not only will provide reference materials for
years to come but also will feature centrally in classroom
discussions."--Suzanne Preston Blier, author of "African Vodun:
Art, Psychology, and Power
"For almost a century art historians have fretted about the
notion of primitivism in the arts. This comprehensive-in both
senses of the word-anthology is a peerless source of the history of
responses to works categorized as 'primitive.' In its range, the
book touches upon all the troubling questions-formal,
anthropological, political, historical-that have bedeviled the
study of the arts of Oceania, Africa, and North and South America,
and provides the grounds, at last, for intelligent pursuit of
keener distinctions. I regard this book as a superb contribution to
the study of Modern art; in fact, indispensable."--Dore Ashton,
author of "Noguchi East and West
"An extraordinarily useful and complete collection of primary
documents, many translated for the first time into English, and
almost all unlikely to be encountered elsewhere without serious
effort. Its five sections, each with a lively and scholarly
introduction, reveal the diverse views of artists and writers on
primitive art from Matisse, Picasso, and Fry to many far less known
and sometimes surprising figures. The bookalso uncovers the
politics and aesthetics of the major museum exhibitions that gained
acceptance for art that had been both reviled and mythologized.
Recent texts included are all germane. This book will be invaluable
for any college course on the topic."--Shelly Errington, author of
"The Death of Authentic Primitive Art and Other Tales of
Progress
"An exceptionally valuable anthology of seventy documents--most
heretofore unavailable in English--on the ongoing controversies
surrounding Primitivism and Modern art. Insightfully chosen and
annotated, the collection is brilliantly introduced by Jack Flam's
essay on the historical progression, contexts, and cultural
complexities of more than one hundred years' ideas about
Primitivism. Rich, timely, illuminating."--Herbert M. Cole, author
of "Icons: Ideals and Power in the Art of Africa
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