Exceptional works by a roster of international artists that unpacks and
re-examines the meaning of primitivism in artIncludes work by
Jean-Michel Basquiat, David Hammons, Kader Attia, ORLAN, Chérie Samba,
and Jake and Dinos- Accompanies the EX AFRICA exhibition at the Musée du
Quai Branly, Paris from 9th February 2021 to 27th June 2021The
exhibition aims to show the relationships that exist today and since the
end of the 20th century between contemporary and ancient African arts.
The notion of primitivism as it was enunciated in 1984 in the exhibition
Primitivism at MoMA, which locked the arts of Africa into a subjection
to the idea of modern Western art and into the past is definitively
over: ideas and forms specific to these arts are now more alive than
ever. The catalogue will present the Work of the 20 artists exhibited,
together with sketches and photographs to help understand the scope of
their work and to go further. It will contain individual interviews
which each artist.
