Primitive art in civilized places

Description:

What is so primitive about primitive art? And how do we dare to use our standards to judge? Drawing on a mixture of sources, this text explores the cultural arrogance implicit in Westerners' appropriation of non-Western art.

subjects: Aesthetics,  Art and anthropology,  Art, Primitive,  Ethnocentrism,  Moral and ethical aspects,  Moral and ethical aspects of Aesthetics,  Primitive Art,  Art,  Prehistoric Art