Paul Gauguin and Victor Segalen, craftsmen of a symbolic recomposition, chose wholeheartedly to reveal Tahiti through their respective works: Noa-Noa (Gauguin) and Les Immémoriaux (Segalen). This article seeks to determine the singular place that the two works occupy within Polynesian cultural heritage by studying the common traits that unite the two artists. It seems rather clear that the Polynesian oral language as a cultural revelation and the historical "void" of the archipelago provoke the reflection of these authors.
Noa Noa
