Resident artist and writer Shuruq Harb, based in Ramallah, presents project “Art Territories” at Funen Art Academy from November 7th – December 18th 2011. This is Shuruq Harbs first visit to Scandinavia.<\/p>\n
Funen Art Academy has invited Shuruq Harb to Odense to work on her project “Art Territories” – an independent digital platform for artists and fine art students to reflect on their art practice and engage in critical exchange on matters of art and visual culture.<\/p>\n
Despite the lively arts and cultural developments in the Middle East in recent years, non-commercial exhibition spaces and art schools are small in number and remain fairly isolated, prompting many regional artists to study abroad. Intensified by impeded mobility, this has resulted in a diversity of artistic approaches and discourses. The incentive for establishing “Art Territories” emerges from a genuine need for a platform for artists in the Middle East and other countries to connect and engage with one another.<\/p>\n