“Global”: A View from the Margin

If You Were in My Sneakers: Migration Stories in the Studio Photography of Dakar‐Based Omar Victor Diop

“…As much as one can draw parallels between how Dakar‐based artists navigate localized market logics and global markets, one can also argue that Diop's “market logic” (Grabski ) emerges from his corporate experience. After all, the capitalist underpinnings of the art system perpetuate the inequalities of the Western art system, such as its notions of taste and its financial apparatus (Sanyal ). Thus, the artists who speak the language of the neoliberal art system, regardless of where they are based, can experience meteoric success (Nzewi , 11).…”