The document discusses early influences on Gauguin including time spent in Peru, the merchant marine, and France. It then discusses Constantin Brancusi and his embrace of African art due to similarities to sculpture from his native Romania. Finally, it analyzes Andy Warhol's 1981 print "The Star (Greta Garbo)" from his Myths series, in which he depicts the actress Greta Garbo as the famous femme fatale Mata Hari, drawing parallels between her and icons that shape popular culture.

5. EARLY INFLUENCES:
• Early years in Peru
• Merchant Marine/
French Navy
• Moves to Brenton
• Panama and
Martinique
• Tahiti

6. Christmas Eve.
-Gauguin. 1894

13. CONSTANTIN BRANCUSI:
 Modigliani's friend &
Modigliani's friend &
Montparnesse Studio Neighbor
 Embraced African art due similarities
Embraced African art due similarities
to sculpture of his native Romania
to sculpture of his native Romania
(directly carved from wood)
(directly carved from wood)

15. WARHOL'S
“The Star (Greta Garbo)” is
part of his ten piece Myths
series printed in 1981
WARHOL
uses a picture of the American
film actress Greta Garbo as
Mata Hari to draw the
correlation between the
femme fatal and our popular
culture

16. In WARHOL's In “The Star” Gretta Garbo is Warhol's
creates an iconic image of a “femme fatal”
MATA HARI
GRETTA GARBO AS
MATA HARII
HARI
WARHOL's “The Star” is
not in the traditional
odalisque pose, but a
Turkish harem
vibe is definitely evident

17. WARHOL'S Myth series is selected from collective
childhood memories that were shaped by the mass
media, the images encompass the legends that define
American culture.
SUPERMAN THE SHADOW
UNCLE SAM MICKEY MOUSE
WARHOL shooting Polaroid
for
MYTH'S 1981 MAMMY
WICKED WITHCH of the WEST