Picasso, Primitivism And Cultural Appropriation

The first time I visited the Museum of Modern Art in New York I was twenty-four years old. The museum was under renovation at the time and had been temporarily opened in a building in the suburb of Queens. A much smaller venue, it provided only a glimpse of the full breadth of work the museum had to offer, so only particular works were on display. One such work, was Pablo Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon. I’d hardly been there a few minutes when I saw the picture across the gallery hall and rushed over to it. For the student of art history, there are few paintings that compare to Les Demoiselles d’Avignon for their historical significance. It was painted in 1907, and was part of Picasso’s experimentation in the early stages of Cubism. And maybe more fundamental than that, it is said to have opened the gateway to modern art. <a href="https://christopherpjones.medium.com/picasso-primitivism-and-the-rights-and-wrongs-of-cultural-appropriation-1f964fa61cee">Click Here</a>