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Quotes from Art of Africa: The 50 best African artists — Tracey Rose

born 1974 South Africa

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In Podor in Senegal, the place where I grew up, everyone is an artist because art in Africa is not a commercial enterprise but is part of life itself.

Art of Africa: The 50 best African artists (2006)

Musicians are respected, but only in the context that the music itself belongs to the community - not to the person who is playing an instrument or singing a song.

Art of Africa: The 50 best African artists (2006)

Computers and digital technology are becoming very important to African artists, just as elsewhere. I see it with the impact of hip-hop across the continent. You can see it beginning to have an impact on the visual arts.

Art of Africa: The 50 best African artists (2006)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Tracey Rose (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.