Places of sanctuary in the artistic work of Liz Johnson Artur

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Main Author: Peters, Dzifa
Publication Date: 2023
Format: Article
Language: eng
Source: Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)
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Summary: This essay deals with the concept of sanctuary in relation to Afrodiasporic and postmigrant formations of identity. It discusses coexisting and alternating cultural identities through the work of Russian-Ghanaian artist and photographer Liz Johnson Artur, who has been accumulating her Black Balloon Archive of Black culture and diasporic identities for the past 30 years, travelling through different countries, lifestyles, and classes. The idea of the sanctuary as a place of refuge, safety, and hospitality has informed the discourse around diasporic migration in a postcolonial world for many decades. Comparatively analyzing the politics of representation and discourses on agency through Johnson Artur’s cross-cultural and intimate photographic practice, this essay explores her articulation of conditional shelters, demarcations of diasporic identities, and ultimately the archive itself as a place of sanctuary.
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title Places of sanctuary in the artistic work of Liz Johnson Artur
spellingShingle Places of sanctuary in the artistic work of Liz Johnson Artur
Peters, Dzifa
Afrodiaspora
Postmigrant
Identity
Coexistence
Shelter
Archive
title_short Places of sanctuary in the artistic work of Liz Johnson Artur
title_full Places of sanctuary in the artistic work of Liz Johnson Artur
title_fullStr Places of sanctuary in the artistic work of Liz Johnson Artur
title_full_unstemmed Places of sanctuary in the artistic work of Liz Johnson Artur
title_sort Places of sanctuary in the artistic work of Liz Johnson Artur
author Peters, Dzifa
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Peters, Dzifa
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Afrodiaspora
Postmigrant
Identity
Coexistence
Shelter
Archive
topic Afrodiaspora
Postmigrant
Identity
Coexistence
Shelter
Archive
description This essay deals with the concept of sanctuary in relation to Afrodiasporic and postmigrant formations of identity. It discusses coexisting and alternating cultural identities through the work of Russian-Ghanaian artist and photographer Liz Johnson Artur, who has been accumulating her Black Balloon Archive of Black culture and diasporic identities for the past 30 years, travelling through different countries, lifestyles, and classes. The idea of the sanctuary as a place of refuge, safety, and hospitality has informed the discourse around diasporic migration in a postcolonial world for many decades. Comparatively analyzing the politics of representation and discourses on agency through Johnson Artur’s cross-cultural and intimate photographic practice, this essay explores her articulation of conditional shelters, demarcations of diasporic identities, and ultimately the archive itself as a place of sanctuary.
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