Wafa Gabsi
Born in Tunisia, studied Fine Art in Tunis and then earned
her Master in Cultural studies from the University of Paris1,
La Sorbonne. In the following year, Gabsi began more in-depth
doctoral studies with the organization of an important field study
concerning contemporary artists from Middle East. Actually,
she???s carrying out doctoral research on contemporary southern
Mediterranean artists in the international circuit of art and
cultural globalization. The central question of her research is
about the issue of ???arab?? identity.
Gabsi works on two articles publication in 2011-2012:
???Builiding netwoks of cooperation for research in the world
of art. Case study in Tunisia?? in REDES (Spanish scientific
journal) and ???La singularit?© artistique face au danger de
l???apanage identitaire?? in collaboration with the National Center
for Scientific Research of Paris.
Wafa Gabsi is also a researcher in the unity of ???Art and
globalization??-in the Musem of Modern Art, Geroges Pompidou.
Recently, she participated to the symposium Exploring Mobility
in the Mediterranean ??“in Jordan. And in October 2011, she
will present a conference in the case of The German Middle East
Studies for Contemporary Research and Documentation and will
be then in a residence of curatorial Studies in the Node Center
of Berlin.
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Author Essays
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Interview with Larissa Sansour “A Space Exodus” Full Essay
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