Modernism And The African American Experience by Artsjournal

Back at the beginning of the 20th century, artists such as Picasso, Braque and Matisse turned to African art for new ideas about how to represent the world, creating figures with masklike faces, flattened forms and backgrounds of vibrant patterning. They weren't just borrowing visual ideas, however. Many of them believed in a connection between […]

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