For a period of time in art history, the biographical approach was contested as being too personal, unreliable and biased. To a certain extent this also led to autobiographical art being seen as egocentric and trivial against greater cultural and political subjects.
But in the last decade or so, where the individual (personal) has become the political, where identity politics and systematic discriminations have come to the fore, the autobiographical approach presents an authentic voice to these struggles.
