{"id":5055,"date":"2008-11-24T13:34:48","date_gmt":"2008-11-24T13:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monochromist.com\/2008\/11\/24\/souvenir-artists\/"},"modified":"2008-11-24T13:34:48","modified_gmt":"2008-11-24T13:34:48","slug":"souvenir-artists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2008\/11\/24\/souvenir-artists\/","title":{"rendered":"souvenir artists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The main concern identified in the Theertha report was the overwhelming influence of the tourists\u2019 souvenir market on Maldivian artists and their work. The negative influence of the tourist market stifled the creativity of visual artists as they primarily produced \u2019souvenir art\u2019; or artifacts and objects that served as mementos for the holidays tourists spend in the Maldives. Other issues in the artist community of the Maldives that Theertha had identified in their report include;<\/p>\n<p>1) the lack of representation of the complexity of life in Maldivian society,<\/p>\n<p>2) a disconnection from the traditional arts and crafts of the country, and<\/p>\n<p>3) a lack of exposure to critical feedback. The NAG hopes the organization of exhibitions similar to Beyond the Tourists\u2019 Eye will encourage more artists to explore themes and issues more relevant to Maldivian culture through their art.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/maldivianart.blogspot.com\/\">http:\/\/maldivianart.blogspot.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The main concern identified in the Theertha report was the overwhelming influence of the tourists\u2019 souvenir market on Maldivian artists and their work. The negative influence of the tourist market stifled the creativity of visual artists as they primarily produced \u2019souvenir art\u2019; or artifacts and objects that served as mementos for the holidays tourists spend [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-video_graphics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5sGHy-1jx","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5251,"url":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2017\/06\/17\/fwmv-a-silent-pro-democracy-protest-by-maldivian\/","url_meta":{"origin":5055,"position":0},"title":"fwmv: A silent pro-democracy protest\u2026","author":"monochromist","date":"June 17, 2017","format":"gallery","excerpt":"fwmv: A silent pro-democracy protest by Maldivian Artists was held at Maldives National Art Gallery Maldivian Artists suppressed under illegitimate government, protests for freedom to express! 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