Diaspora Aesthetics: The African diaspora in the works of A. Douglas

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Lemke Sieglinde, the author of the publication Diaspora aesthetics: exploring the African diaspora in the works of Aaron Douglas, Jacob Lawrence, and Jean-Michel Basquiat, explores the roles that exile, migration, and displacement play in the process of shaping modern art. Besides, Sieglinde provides a comprehensive overview of cultural intersection and development of relevant principles, concepts, and ideas. Notably, the author must have had an exceptional understanding of the creative role of displacement and estrangement during the 20th-century art.[Lemke, Sieglinde. “Diaspora Aesthetics: Exploring the African Diaspora in the Works of Aaron Douglas, Jacob Lawrence, and Jean-Michel Basquiat.” Exiles, Diasporas and Strangers (2008): 122-144.]
Besides, the author provides refreshing insight into traumatic conditions that shaped modernism variants among the indigenous artists across Canada and Australia. Additionally, Sieglinde highlights the multidirectional patterns of cross-appropriation that affect the boundarie...