9/25/11
Errington
In her article “What’s become of primitive art by Shelly Errington focuses on what became of primitive art over time. She explains what “primitivism” is and the notion of “Authenticity” with regard to “primitive Art”. Primitive art according to Errington became recognized as “art’ in the early part of the 20th Century. In the 19th century in Europe Art that lacked naturalism were considered primitive. This included Italian artist or not academically trained artist. She spoke of the introduction of “l’art negre” which she calls “African Art but literally translates is Negro art that became the fascination or fad after the renaissance.
“Primitive” was Primitive art at least Authentic primitive art consist of crafts from thousands of years ago, that were not created originally as “Art”. Errington describes art as “Art by intention is framed, literally or figuratively” and has to be durable and portable. Before the 20th century the artifacts that are now considered art were praised but not considered “Art”, there was a shift and Art was becoming more of a source for knowledge and a feeling of transcendence.
Errington also discusses “Naturalistic Prejudice – the Idea that art is made meaningful by resembling something in the world and that it strives to do so in a way as optically realistic as possible, even if it does not always achieve it” There was a craving to connect with naturalistic world could be cause of the mass productions and a longing to connect to hand made objects. The way non-European objects became to be thought of as art had little to do with each piece but with the type of artifact or image. In other words, it had much more to do with where the piece was coming from then the actual piece itself.
Art differ from place to place and the fascination with world art Primitive or not has influenced modern art.
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