For him, art can be an evolution of traditional native references and materials, something he feels gets lost when westerners look at African art. “The way [contemporary African art] is consumed is a little bit different. “There are African American classes but we’re not taught African history. “[Americans] only understand contemporary African art through the lens of Europeans,” she said. She started the gallery as a way to center contemporary African art, remarking, “I had a preconceived idea of what African art was and that’s just largely due to a failure of institutional growth in my region,” she said.

Source: The Guardian July 27, 2021 17:02 UTC