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But by choice
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 152.4 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 60 x 48 x 1.5 inch
$1,500 $1,350
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Painting - 152.4 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 60 x 48 x 1.5 inch
$1,500 $1,350
Painting - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,816
Painting - 65 x 155 x 3 cm Painting - 25.6 x 61 x 1.2 inch
$7,717
Design - 21.6 x 17.8 x 15.2 cm Design - 8.5 x 7 x 6 inch
$1,000
Sculpture - 25.4 x 17.8 x 15.2 cm Sculpture - 10 x 7 x 6 inch
$1,000
Fine Art Drawings - 61 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 18 x 1 inch
$250
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$1,816 $1,634
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,362
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,497
Painting - 50 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,362
Photography - 100 x 70 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$1,081
Painting - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,972
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 20 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 7.9 inch
$794
Painting - 90 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,270
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,929
Painting - 116 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,816
Painting - 120 x 160 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 63 x 0.8 inch
$14,665
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$4,540
Painting - 89 x 116 x 3 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 x 1.2 inch
$2,724
Painting - 25 x 20 x 3 cm Painting - 9.8 x 7.9 x 1.2 inch
$340
Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$2,043
Painting - 30 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$738
Print - 62 x 46 x 1 cm Print - 24.4 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch
$261
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,724
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$74
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$2,168
Painting - 90 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
$5,375 $3,226
Print - 70 x 50 x 1 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$284
Painting - 135 x 194 x 3 cm Painting - 53.1 x 76.4 x 1.2 inch
$6,696
Painting - 45.7 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 18 x 24 x 1 inch
$1,350 $1,215
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,270
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 2 inch
$1,600
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1.5 inch
$700
Painting - 121.9 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 30 x 1.5 inch
$600
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1.5 inch
$900
Painting - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,816
Painting - 86.4 x 63.5 x 3.8 cm Painting - 34 x 25 x 1.5 inch
$450 $405
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1.5 inch
$1,450
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1.5 inch
$1,500
Painting - 71.1 x 55.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 28 x 22 x 1 inch
$300
Painting - 121.9 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 30 x 1.5 inch
$800 $720
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1.5 inch
$790
Painting - 40 x 40 x 0.01 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$1,135
Painting - 60 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
$2,043
Painting - 30 x 20 x 3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 7.9 x 1.2 inch
$908
Painting - 30 x 20 x 3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 7.9 x 1.2 inch
$908
Painting - 50 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,816
Design - 19.1 x 14 x 12.7 cm Design - 7.5 x 5.5 x 5 inch
$1,000
Design - 27.9 x 17.8 x 7.6 cm Design - 11 x 7 x 3 inch
$1,000
Sculpture - 26.7 x 20.3 x 7.6 cm Sculpture - 10.5 x 8 x 3 inch
$1,000
Painting - 140 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 55.1 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
$5,107
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$3,178
Painting - 140 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 55.1 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
$5,107
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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