Analysis of Ratman’s Dusty Mannequins

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Analysis of Ratman’s Dusty Mannequins
In the Dusty mannequins: modern art and primitivism, Niru Ratnam tried to articulate the relationship between the western and non-western art in order to find the role of "Primitivism" to the birth of modern art. Primitive art, in the context of the reading, are the art works that are non-western in origin while “Primitivism,” which is argued to be caused by colonialism, is the belief that simple forms and ideas are the most valuable, expressed as a philosophy or in art or literature. Ratnam presents the idea that avant-garde artists used "primitive art" and “primitivism” to challenge the conventions of the western art including its values and norms. Additionally, Ratnam used Picasso’s painting Les Demoiselles d'Avignon and i...