tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760198511896672106.post620768122132444257..comments2023-03-31T04:43:54.733-07:00Comments on Cartes Postales: Gauguin & PolynesiaVanessahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10289346623476399850noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760198511896672106.post-13821973070479397252012-03-19T06:57:51.350-07:002012-03-19T06:57:51.350-07:00Several years ago, the Museum of Fine Arts in Bost...Several years ago, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston had a special exhibit of Gaughin in Tahiti. I really loved the exhibition and was struck by the way that Gaughin had made himself so comfortable in the culture, but also how he really turned Tahiti into a "sexual playland" for himself. In reading "London's Sinful Secret" this year, a book on 18th century London's sex industry, there was a section on how the discovery and colonialism budding in Tahiti created a new fad fantasy in Europe. <br /><br />I'm sad I won't get to see this exhibit in Seattle.KEHutchinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17664981385715429246noreply@blogger.com