Show Notes
It it truly possible to separate art from the artist? What if their art is about the abuse they caused? Join Klaire Lockheart as she rails against misogynist Pablo Picasso, but stick around to learn about Modern Dakota art created Oscar Howe.
Artists and Artwork: Paul Cézanne, Pablo Picasso (The Young Women of Avignon, Guernica, Weeping Woman, Bust of a Woman), Georges Braque, Dora Maar, and Oscar Howe (Ghost Dance, Sioux Seed Player)
Additional Topics: Postimpressionism, Trocadéro Museum of Ethnography, Imperialism, Ariella Aïsha Azulay (Potential History: Unlearning Imperialism), Talking Heads, Olu Oguibe (“Into the ‘Heart of Darkness,’”), Cultural Appropriation, Iberian Sculptures, Hannah Gadsby (Nanette), Blue Period, University of South Dakota, Primitivism, Analytic Cubism, Synthetic Cubism, Domestic Abuse, Pigcasso, Shakeel Massey, Dakota Art, and Santa Fe Indian Art School
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