Behalfism

"Behalfism" in a Sentence (2 examples)

Having executed the 'Floods' series, Patwardhan became once more seized by his fear of behalfism: Was he, as an artist, exploiting his subject? From this dilemma, there arose a series of studies of the artist in his studio.

[…] I'm not positively discriminating in favour of black and Asian programme-makers. Behalfism, I call it, always doing something on behalf of others, always being representative.

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