Critical Reflections on Contemporary African Art: Ibrahim Mahama's 'Purple Hibiscus'
As a whole, I really want us to have higher standards for what art we dub community-centered or collectivist, especially when they are presented in museums.
As a whole, I really want us to have higher standards for what art we dub community-centered or collectivist, especially when they are presented in museums. Because without changes in the legibility of “craftsperson’s” or new models around labour politics, at some point it does simply become the woke-washing of affordable labour. This clip is from my critical convo with @ifedoyin_s and @olatundealara on @ibrahimmahama3’s “Purple Hibiscus”. Have you listened to it yet?