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When indigenous artists must commodify suffering for legitimacy

Every gallery wants the trauma story behind my work and I am tired of performing pain for art world consumption

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What we've seen

The art market's appetite for indigenous trauma reduces complex cultural identity to consumable narratives.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Indigenous creative traditions?”

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