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Post colonial/contemporary art blog:

  • kaylindebruyn
  • Jul 26, 2017
  • 1 min read

Post colonial/contemporary art blog:

http://contarttheory.blogspot.co.nz/2012/10/postcolonialism.html

Nicole WeedoOctober 23, 2012 at 8:32 PM

  • “The postcolonial perspective is important to contemporary art because postcolonial-inspired artists create art that allows the viewer insight into their respective cultures. Westerners (who were the colonizers) are the prominent writers of postcolonial studies; this is unfortunate because individuals are only exposed to this interpretation of the past. So, it is very valuable when an artist, coming from a previously colonized nation, makes art statements from his or her perspective. Postcolonial theory fits into postmodernism because the art that relates to postcolonial theory allows for a focus on message rather than formal elements; it is more than just art for art's sake.”

Anastasia StefanosOctober 23, 2012 at 10:07 PM

  • “The postcolonial perspective is so important to contemporary art because it allows artist a means to express their own culture and identity, especially when they come from a colonized nation.”

All the other commenters all said the same thing. It is true that seeing the art work of an artist who is from a culture that has been colonised is an interesting insight to their culture without the influence of the colonisers. But I question where the middle people fit in, people from neither culture or from an ancestry of one of the cultures. Does a person deserve to be treated and judged from what people that share their culture or nationallity did in the past?

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