艺术
We need less spectacle and more substance in contemporary art.
The documenta is a mirror held up to the art world.
The most radical art often comes from the margins.
The global south has much to teach the north about artistic practice.
We must challenge the hierarchies of the art world constantly.
The role of the artist today is to create spaces for dialogue and reflection.
Art is not about answers, it's about questions.
Art is not a mirror to reflect reality, but a hammer with which to shape it.
Art should disturb the comfortable and comfort the disturbed.
The act of making art is an act of hope.
History is written by the victors, but art can rewrite it.
I want my art to be a scream, a cry, a shout.
Art can be a form of resistance.
I wanted to make art that was not just beautiful but had a message.
Art is a way of survival.
The African artist is not a representative but an individual voice.
Contemporary art is the arena where the unfinished business of modernity is worked through.
We must resist the temptation to make African art merely illustrative of theory.
Art history is always written from somewhere - the question is where you're standing when you write it.