Possessions: Indigenous Art / Colonial Culture / Decolonization Publisher / Rizzoli International Emil Cañita

Emil Cañita

A dedication to craft and the finest production quality have been an integral part of culture and day-to-day life in Japan for centuries

Bridget Riley

It had been there for as long as time itself

Every page is full of fascination

Possessions: Indigenous Art / Colonial Culture / Decolonization Publisher / Rizzoli International Emil CañitaA timely reexamination of European engagements with Indigenous artand the presence of Indigenous art in the contemporary art world. The arts of Africa, Oceania, and Native America famously inspired twentieth century modernist artists such as Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, and Max Ernst. Was this a cross cultural discovery to be celebrated? Or just one more example of Western colonial appropriation? What might a decolonized art history look like? Over