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Obscuring representation: contemporary art biennials in Dakar and Taipei
Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Short summary
There has been a proliferation of contemporary art biennials in the past 20 years, especially in cities outside of North America and Europe. This paper considers the ways that the biennial thwarts the possibility of
authenticrepresentation. The research puts the biennials in Taipei and Dakar into relational comparison, looking at the ways cultural identity is made, instrumentalized, and strategically employed.
There has been a proliferation of contemporary art biennials in the past 20 years, especially in...
