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Why certain techniques get deemed inappropriate for cultural contexts

I paint realistic portraits but curators keep telling me photography already does that and I should focus on more traditional African artistic approaches

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The portraitist confronts assumptions about which artistic methods are legitimately African versus universally available.

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“Where Are You with African aesthetics — across the continent?”

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