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review Gloria Oyarzabal, USUS FRUCTUS ABUSUS_La Blanche et la Noire III. Photograph printed on Hahnemuehle Photo Rag 308 gr. paper with pigmented inks. Diptych, 210x155 (105 x 155 cm e/o). 2022 Left: detail of ‘Three young White Men and a Black Woman’ known as ‘Le rapt de la négresse’ (Rape of the negro girl), 1632 by Christiaen van Couwenbergh (Delft, 1604-Keulen, 1667). Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg. Right: Still of video art piece ‘La Blanche et la noire’ (work in progress)

Entangled in Imposed Narratives: Gloria Oyarzabal on Decolonising Museums and Efforts to Depart from Discriminatory Ways of Showcasing African Art.

Patrycja Głusiec Jun 13, 2024