Atong Atem: Internationally renowned artist and writer reframing blackness through art
Apr 03, 2023•33 min•Season 1Ep. 5
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Episode description
Atong Atem’s way of expressing herself has taken the art world by storm. Within a culture that celebrates whiteness, Atong’s futuristic self-portraits celebrate and centre blackness. Yumi Stynes speaks to artist Atong Atem about her experience migrating to Australia, finding community and the weight of hypervisibility as a black woman in today’s world.
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