An historical perspective of the representation of non-western art in western museums and imagination / an essay on the relations between African arts and avant-garde.
New updated edition of the book published in 2009 (ISBN 978-2-84066-295-2).
Maureen Murphy is an art historian, Professor of contemporary art history at Paris Nanterre University, member of the Institut Universitaire de France. Her research focuses on the globalization of the art scene from the perspective of colonial and postcolonial history and the relations between Africa and Europe, as well as the history of primitivism, exhibition and biennials policies.