Possessions: Indigenous Art / Colonial Culture / Decolonization

by Nicholas Thomas

The arts of Africa, Oceania, and Native America famously inspired twentieth-century modernist artists such as Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, and Max Ernst. Was this a cross-cultural discovery to be celebrated? Or just one more example of Western colonial appropriation?

What might a "decolonized" art history look like? Over the last half- century, scholarship emerged that gave the arts of Africa, Oceania, and Native America dedicated attention--though...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0500296596
• ISBN13: 9780500296592
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 2.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.4"