Why are you angry?
Subtitle: a double history of Gauguin and the myth of Tahiti
By: Anna Kærsgaard Gregersen ; Anna Manly
Contributors: Ny Carlsberg glyptotek
Publisher: Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
Published: 2020
Place of publication: Kobenhavn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 159
ISBN-13: 9788774523734
Subjects: Exhibitions; Criticism and interpretation; Travel; In art; Expositions; Critique et interprétation; Voyages; Dans l'art
Other titles: Double history of Gauguin and the myth of Tahiti; Paul Gauguin :
Description: The special exhibition, Paul Gauguin "Why Are You Angry" will revisit the story of one of the most mythologised figures in French art, concentrating particularly on the works he created in Tahiti. The exhibition will shed new light on the museum's collection, juxtaposing the works with historical material from both Gauguin's past and his present, and with international contemporary art. The story of Gauguin the "savage", who in 1891 abandoned Paris, his Danish wife and his five children to pursue a spiritual, artistic journey in the South Pacific, is a highly-prized story in the history of Western art. The Glyptotek challenges this narrative and uses a diverse selection of historical archive material, visual art and literature in a deeper examination of how the works Gauguin created in Tahiti were not an isolated phenomenon, but part of a larger political and cultural landscape. For example, the exhibition will examine how Gauguin's art was influenced by the popularised myth of Tahiti, which had flourished even before Gauguin's departure for the South Pacific, kindled by a century of Western imperialism and cultural history. Exhibition: Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, Denmark (19.11.2020 - 16.05.2021).
Notes: Print run: 800.

Catalogue of an exhibition held at the NY Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, from 19 November 2020 to 16 May 2021.