Looking for Modern Art: Rethinking Art History

Many twentieth century European artists, such as Paul Gauguin or Pablo Picasso, were influenced by art brought to Europe from African and Asian colonies. How to frame these Modernist works today when the idea of the primitive in art is problematic?

Top Cast

Edda FischerSelf - Narrator (voice)

Gregor HöppnerSelf - Narrator (voice)

Philipp SchepmannSelf - Narrator (voice)

Simon T. RodenSelf - Narrator (voice)

Pablo PicassoSelf (archive footage)

Papa Ibra TallSelf (archive footage)