From the 1880s to 1940, French colonial officials, businessmen and
soldiers, returning from overseas postings, brought home wooden
masks and figures from Africa. This imperial and cultural
power-play is the jumping-off point for a story that travels from
sub-Saharan Africa to Parisian art galleries; from the pages of
fashion magazines, through the doors of the Louvre, to world fairs
and international auction rooms; into the apartments of avant-garde
critics and poets; to the streets of Harlem, and then full-circle
back to colonial museums and schools in Dakar, Bamako, and Abidjan.
John Warne Monroe guides us on this journey, one that goes far
beyond the world of Picasso, Matisse, and Braque, to show how the
Modernist avant-garde and the European colonial project influenced
each other in profound and unexpected ways. Metropolitan Fetish
reveals the complex trajectory of African material culture in the
West and provides a map of that passage, tracing the interaction of
cultural and imperial power. A broad and far-reaching history of
the French reception of African art, it brings to life an era in
which the aesthetic category of "primitive art" was invented.
General
Imprint: |
Cornell University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
August 2019 |
Authors: |
John Warne Monroe
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Dimensions: |
254 x 178mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
368 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-5017-3635-3 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-5017-3635-3 |
Barcode: |
9781501736353 |
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