Manao Tupapau Aka Spirit Of The Dead Watching

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''Manao Tupapau'' (also known as ''Spirit of the Dead Watching'') is an 1892 oil on burlap canvas painting by the French Post-Impressionist artist Paul Gauguin. Created during his first stay in Tahiti, the painting is one of Gauguin's most famous works and is emblematic of his search for a primordial paradise away from the industrialization and moral constraints of European society. The painting depicts a young Tahitian girl, Teha'amana, Gauguin's native wife, lying on her stomach on a bed, with an intense gaze that suggests fear or apprehension. Behind her, the shadowy figure of the "spirit of the dead" (tupapau in Tahitian) looms, which has been interpreted as either a representation of the girl's fear of the spirits or a symbol of Gauguin's presence and the colonial gaze.

Measuring 73 by 92 centimeters, the painting is notable for its bold use of color, flattened space, and the fusion of the real with the spiritual, which reflects Gauguin's interest in Synthetism, a style he developed that sought to synthesize the outward appearance of natural forms, the artist's feelings about their subject, and the purity of the aesthetic considerations of line, color, and form. The work is also significant for its exploration of the themes of exoticism, the other, and the sexual objectification of indigenous women, which has prompted much critical discussion and reevaluation in the context of post-colonial studies.

''Manao Tupapau'' is held in the collection of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, New York. The painting continues to be a subject of scholarly interest and is frequently included in discussions of Gauguin's life and the broader context of European colonialism and primitivism in art.

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