{"product_id":"gauguin-and-polynesia-hardcover","title":"Gauguin and Polynesia - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNicholas Thomas\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNicholas Thomas\u003c\/b\u003e first visited Polynesia in 1984 to undertake research in the Marquesas Islands. He has since travelled extensively in the Pacific, and written on Indigenous histories, empire and art; his books include \u003ci\u003eEntangled Objects \u003c\/i\u003e(1991), \u003ci\u003eIslanders: The Pacific in the Age of Empire \u003c\/i\u003e(2012), which was awarded the Wolfson History Prize, \u003ci\u003eOceanic Art\u003c\/i\u003e (2018), \u003ci\u003eGauguin and Polynesia\u003c\/i\u003e (2024), and several collaborative books with artists including John Pule and Mark Adams. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eOceania\u003c\/i\u003e, which Thomas co-curated with Peter Brunt for the Royal Academy of Arts in London and the Musée du quai Branly-Jacques Chirac in Paris in 2018-19, was acclaimed as a landmark exhibition. He has also written on contemporary art, museums, and heritage issues for the \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Art Newspaper, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eApollo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArtlink\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eArt Asia Pacific\u003c\/i\u003e among other magazines and journals. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSince 2006, he has been Director of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.57 x 9.29 x 5.12 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 14, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50402966307053,"sku":"9781801105231","price":59.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/products\/gauguin-and-polynesia-hardcover","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}