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What weighs you down
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 152.4 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 60 x 48 x 1.5 inch
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Painting - 152.4 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 60 x 48 x 1.5 inch
$1,250 $1,125
Painting - 121.9 x 152.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 48 x 60 x 2 inch
$1,550 $1,395
Painting - 121.9 x 152.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 48 x 60 x 2 inch
$1,550 $1,395
Painting - 121.9 x 152.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 48 x 60 x 2 inch
$1,550 $1,395
Painting - 91.4 x 177.8 x 5.1 cm Painting - 36 x 70 x 2 inch
$1,300 $1,170
Painting - 66 x 167.6 x 2.5 cm Painting - 26 x 66 x 1 inch
$950 $808
Painting - 61 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 24 x 48 x 2 inch
$800 $680
Painting - 121.9 x 76.2 x 5.1 cm Painting - 48 x 30 x 2 inch
$900 $765
Painting - 61 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 24 x 48 x 1.5 inch
$800 $680
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 1.5 inch
$890 $757
Painting - 91.4 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 36 x 48 x 1.5 inch
$800 $680
Painting - 76.2 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 30 x 48 x 2 inch
$900 $720
Painting - 76.2 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 30 x 48 x 2 inch
$850 $638
Design - 96.5 x 78.7 x 61 cm Design - 38 x 31 x 24 inch
$1,500 $1,350
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1 inch
$2,000 $1,700
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,679
Painting - 50 x 73 cm Painting - 19.7 x 28.7 inch
$2,254
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,352
Painting - 50 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
$901
Painting - 91.4 x 182.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 36 x 72 x 2 inch
$2,000 $1,700
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 2 inch
$550 $468
Painting - 61 x 61 x 5.1 cm Painting - 24 x 24 x 2 inch
$550 $440
Design - 44.5 x 142 x 48 cm Design - 17.5 x 55.9 x 18.9 inch
$1,950 $1,755
Design - 82.6 x 109.2 x 73.7 cm Design - 32.5 x 43 x 29 inch
$1,700 $1,445
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1.5 inch
$900 $765
Painting - 50 x 40 x 1.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.6 inch
$1,239
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 3.8 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 1.5 inch
$500 $425
Painting - 24 x 35 x 2 cm Painting - 9.4 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch
$732
Painting - 55 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 13 x 0.8 inch
$1,352
Painting - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,352
Painting - 92 x 60 cm Painting - 36.2 x 23.6 inch
$2,254
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,352
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 2 inch
$1,200 $900
Painting - 121.9 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 30 x 1.5 inch
$800 $680
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1.5 inch
$650 $585
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 1.5 inch
$650 $585
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 5.1 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 inch
$650 $585
Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 1 inch
$600 $540
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 2 inch
$750 $675
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 2 inch
$680 $612
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
$600 $540
Painting - 91.4 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 24 x 1 inch
$600 $510
Painting - 88.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35 x 36 x 1 inch
$600 $510
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 2 inch
$700 $630
Painting - 121.9 x 76.2 x 5.1 cm Painting - 48 x 30 x 2 inch
$750 $638
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1 inch
$1,500 $1,275
Painting - 130 x 190 x 1 cm Painting - 51.2 x 74.8 x 0.4 inch
$15,775
Painting - 121.9 x 152.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 48 x 60 x 2 inch
$2,200 $1,870
Painting - 121.9 x 182.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 48 x 72 x 2 inch
$3,500 $2,975
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 5.1 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 inch
$700 $595
Painting - 121.9 x 76.2 x 5.1 cm Painting - 48 x 30 x 2 inch
$890 $757
Painting - 121.9 x 152.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 60 x 1.5 inch
$2,500 $2,125
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 2 inch
$850 $680
Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 5.1 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 2 inch
$650 $488
Painting - 76.2 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 30 x 48 x 2 inch
$900 $720
Painting - 50 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,803
When artist Paul Gauguin arrived in Papeete in June 1891, his romantic image of Tahiti as an untouched landscape, a paradise derived in part from Pierre Loti's novel Le Mariage de Loti (1880). What is worth noting is that Gauguin was actually disappointed by the extent to which French colonization had corrupted everyday life in Tahiti. He subsequently attempted to immerse himself in what he believed were the authentic aspects of the culture. By later including Tahitian motifs in paintings and ceramics, he displayed what is referred to in Western art as Primitivism. Typically borrowed from non-Western or prehistoric people perceived to be “primitive", the likes of Gauguin and Henri Rousseau borrowed from subject matter deemed exotic or indeed tropical such as in Rousseau's In a Tropical Forest Combat of a Tiger and a Buffalo (1908–1909).
Despite non-Western art being important to the development of modern art, Primitivism has often been critiqued for reproducing racist stereotypes. Now, it can be argued then that the canon is no longer entirely Western-centric and tropical style art movement has been later depicted by the African artworks of Roger Djiguemde and also Ana Maria Dias who hails from Brazil. Further implementing the importance of this art style despite how exotic its setting.
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