Looking for Modern Art: Rethinking Art History

Synopsis

Many twentieth century European artists, such as Paul Gauguin or Pablo Picasso, were influenced by art brought to Europe from African and Asian colonies. How to frame these Modernist works today when the idea of the primitive in art is problematic?

CAST

Jörg Jung

Director

Edda Fischer

Self - Narrator (voice)

Gregor Höppner

Self - Narrator (voice)

Philipp Schepmann

Self - Narrator (voice)

Simon T. Roden

Self - Narrator (voice)

Pablo Picasso

Self (archive footage)

Papa Ibra Tall

Self (archive footage)

Jörg Jung

Director

Edda Fischer

Self - Narrator (voice)

Gregor Höppner

Self - Narrator (voice)

Philipp Schepmann

Self - Narrator (voice)

Simon T. Roden

Self - Narrator (voice)

Pablo Picasso

Self (archive footage)

Papa Ibra Tall

Self (archive footage)