Jonathan Adeyemi, "Contemporary Art from Nigeria in the Global Markets: Trending in the Margins" (Palgrave MacMillan, 2022)
New Books in Critical Theory
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The Role of Prejudice in the Art Market
I suppose the problem is in the right word, but as you show later in the book, these influences and I suppose the different types of aesthetic trends that you've just cataloged there run into problems. And so I suppose I'm keen to know where authenticity fits into. The contemporary art from Africa has been wrote in the garment of authenticity because of the inspiration it has blended, inspiration from both the West and Africa. So they are saying it is a mimicry of modern art. It's a mimicRY of European art and art, so it is not authentic. It's because it has borrowed some elements from modern art and blended with African traditional elements. But how I want to argue the
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