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Why family expectations conflict with artistic identity

Every time I try to paint in the realistic European style my family expects I end up making something that looks like the folk art my great-aunt painted and I feel ashamed of where I come from

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The internalized hierarchy of artistic traditions creates shame about one's own cultural inheritance.

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“Where Are You with Painting traditions across cultures?”

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