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Looking for Modern Art: Rethinking Art History (2018)

Genre : Documentary, TV Movie

Runtime : 53M

Director : Jörg Jung

Synopsis

Many twentieth century European artists, such as Paul Gauguin or Pablo Picasso, were influenced by art brought to Europe from African and Asian colonies. How to frame these Modernist works today when the idea of the “primitive” in art is problematic?

Actors

Edda Fischer
Edda Fischer
Herself - Narrator (voice)
Gregor Höppner
Gregor Höppner
Himself - Narrator (voice)
Philipp Schepmann
Philipp Schepmann
Himself - Narrator (voice)
Simon T. Roden
Simon T. Roden
Himself - Narrator (voice)
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso
Himself (archive footage)
Papa Ibra Tall
Papa Ibra Tall
Himself (archive footage)

Crews

Jörg Jung
Jörg Jung
Director
Jörg Jung
Jörg Jung
Writer
Jörg Jung
Jörg Jung
Director of Photography
Julia Zinke
Julia Zinke
Producer
Oliver Held
Oliver Held
Editor

Posters and backgrounds

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