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Call of the vibrance II
Sreya Gupta
Painting - 59.7 x 59.7 x 0.3 cm Painting - 23.5 x 23.5 x 0.1 inch
$677
Accent chair, lounge chair, seating
Poonam Choudhary
Design - 96.5 x 78.7 x 61 cm Design - 38 x 31 x 24 inch
$1,500
To create the meaning
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1 inch
$2,000
Campervan seen from the water
Peter de Boer
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,681
Jour et nuit (ermioni 8h-11h)
Akira Inumaru
Painting - 50 x 73 cm Painting - 19.7 x 28.7 inch
$2,257
Cimes et racines / Leonpodium 1
Akira Inumaru
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,354
Aras et toucans majestueux
Luis Alvarado
Painting - 50 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
$903
Waterfall in Quiet Forest
Trayko Popov
Painting - 99.1 x 85.1 x 0.5 cm Painting - 39 x 33.5 x 0.2 inch
$2,620
Nocturnal brilliance IV
Sreya Gupta
Painting - 76.2 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 30 x 20 x 0.1 inch
$700
Allure - Signature Bench
Poonam Choudhary
Design - 44.5 x 142 x 48 cm Design - 17.5 x 55.9 x 18.9 inch
$1,950
Botanique Isatis Tinctoria #1
Akira Inumaru
Painting - 50 x 40 x 1.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.6 inch
$1,241
Live in my soul 2
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 3.8 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 1.5 inch
$500
Jour et nuit (ermioni 4h-5h)
Akira Inumaru
Painting - 24 x 35 x 2 cm Painting - 9.4 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch
$733
Jour et nuit (ermioni 2h-4h)
Akira Inumaru
Painting - 55 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 13 x 0.8 inch
$1,354
Cimes et racines / Anémone 1
Akira Inumaru
Painting - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,354
Cimes et racines / Ranunculus- Anémone
Akira Inumaru
Painting - 92 x 60 cm Painting - 36.2 x 23.6 inch
$2,257
Cimes et racines / Néottie 1
Akira Inumaru
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,354
Monstera with fish
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 2 inch
$1,200
Embracing Imperfections
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 121.9 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 30 x 1.5 inch
$800
Minimal Forms 02
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1.5 inch
$650
Minimal Forms 01
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 1.5 inch
$650
Emotion and conflict
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 5.1 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 inch
$650
Strive to be worthy
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 2 inch
$750
Smile, there's rose
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
$600
With strength and grace 02
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 121.9 x 76.2 x 5.1 cm Painting - 48 x 30 x 2 inch
$750
Breathing in your dust
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1 inch
$1,500
Resisting the present
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 121.9 x 152.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 48 x 60 x 2 inch
$2,200
Realms of life
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 121.9 x 182.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 48 x 72 x 2 inch
$3,500
Having so much inside
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 121.9 x 152.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 60 x 1.5 inch
$2,500
Better off alone 01
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 76.2 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 30 x 48 x 2 inch
$900
Marathon sur la piste aérienne
Rodolpho Tamanini Netto
Painting - 100 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
$3,159
Sans Titre No°1
Jean-Marc Teillon
Painting - 150 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$6,770
Tropical Style
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.