1. Ethnic Identity in Postmodern Art
1.3) Contextual Introduction Born in Dakar in the year 1945, Mbaye is an artist Senegalise contemporary painter, sculptor and art teacher. ... Tourists are known to have a major influence on Mbaye's work as he resides in the "Village des Artes", a large space with 50 studios set aside especially for artists by the Senegalese government in 1998 in order to give the people of the country a chance at the global contemporary art scene and to have them continue the tradition of unique Senegalese art (McKinley, 2003). ... Her work began with found objects arranged in boxes and these...
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