ABSTRACT
In two recent London art exhibitions the notion of identity has come to the fore: in one case in the choice of presentation by the curator Belinda Thomson; and in the second by the artist/photographer himself. The first was a retrospective of Gauguin at the Tate Modern between 30 September 2010 and 16 January 2011, in which the curator chose to organise the works in themes: 1
Rather than following a strictly chronological sequence, Gauguin: Maker of Myth is organised according to thematic sections that emphasise the parallels between different stages in his career. Bringing together works made in Paris, Martinique, Brittany, Tahiti and the Marquesas, it traces motifs and ideas as they are revisited and deepened in objects and images that he produced years and many thousands of miles apart.
