2.3 Baya

This week, Maria shares her research with Jordan and the listeners about the life and practice of Baya, an Algerian artist who rose to fame in France in the 1940s when she was only 16 years old. Her story has historically been overshadowed by artists like Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse, who are rumored to have taken inspiration from her art. This brings up several questions — namely how appropriate this inspiration is given their hyper-sexualized and orientalist nature.