N I H I L S E N T I M E N T A L G I A,
a blog about photography by Sofia Silva
Author Busisiwe Deyi writes about Cultural Appropriation in Africa is a Country, in the context of the SPUR restaurant chain. Although the text is about this specific brand, the arguments go for other situations. What the fuck is happening in the fashion world these days that everyone wants to be Native American? Or do they? Of…
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© Jimmie Durham, Selfportrait, mixed media, 1986 © Alan Michelson,Up-Biblum God (detail),1987, mixed-media installation as part of the exhibition” Wet he People,”Artists Space,New York. A MAP OF THE POSTCOLONIAL QUEST FOR THE OTHER’S ‘AUTHENTICITY’ AUTHENTICITY DIVERSITY COMMONALITY CULTURAL DIFFERENCE CONVENTIONS OF DISPLAY MAINSTREAM INSTITUTIONS EXPECTATIONS AESTHETIC AND POLITICAL STRATEGIES WESTERN AND NON-WESTERN POSTMODERNIST AESTHETIC DISCOURSE…
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