{"product_id":"9781801105231","title":"Gauguin and Polynesia","description":"Author: Thomas, Nicholas\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781801105231\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 30 Apr 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 464 Format: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaul Gauguin is commonly regarded as one of the greatest modern artists. He is renowned for resplendent, mythic imagery from Oceania, for a life of restless travel and for his supposed immersion in Polynesian life. But he has long been regarded ambivalently, and in recent years both Gauguin's sexual behaviour, and his paintings, have been considered exploitative.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGauguin and Polynesia \u003c\/i\u003eoffers a fresh view on the artist, not from the perspective of European art history, but from the contemporary vantage point of the region     Oceania     which he so famously moved to. Gauguin's art is revealed, for the first time, to be richer and more eclectic than has been recognised. The artist indeed did invent enigmatic and symbolic images, but he also depicted Polynesia's colonial modernity, acknowledging the life of the time and the dignity and power of some of the Islanders he encountered. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGauguin and Polynesia \u003c\/i\u003eneither celebrates nor condemns an extraordinary painter, who at times denounced and at other times affirmed the French empire that shaped his own life and the places he moved between. It is a revelation, of a formative artist of modern life, and of multicultural worlds in the making.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46636921192606,"sku":"UBD-9781801105231","price":84.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781801105231.jpg?v=1774399667","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781801105231","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}