The Tunisian artist Meryem Bouderbala and their "creative audacity" to GVCC
The body otherwise, the creative body, the body which breaks certain social codes .. here are some of the characteristics of the exhibition of the Tunisian artist, Meryem Bouderbala, which takes place from December 13 to January 20, 2013 in the Venice Cadre gallery Framework (GVCC).
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Meriem Bouderbala's work finds its balance between performance and still images, it is distinguished by its bold, creative staging that creates a dialogue between the fantasy of the Eastern woman and current issues of women in terms ofthe Arab world.
She uses her body as artistic ability to break certain social codes sociaux.Le body is omnipresent, wrapped in cloth or revealing some nudity.However, the interests of Meryem Bouderbala also cover many subjects other than femininity, namely chaos and culture. His work represents a way of conceptualizing issues which are difficult or impossible.
"After the attacks of 11 September 2001 in New York, I left Paris for Tunis. I wanted to ask the Arab world,which is foreign and familiar, so I looked like that. I understood the power of the resistance of the images despite government censorship ... My self-portraits have touched the "nature of women",the goddess locked in the contradictions of modern society and yet archaic. "Says the artist in Le Figaro.
Born in Tunis in 1960, Meriem Bouderbala joined the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Aix-en-Provence in 1980, engraving and painting department, where she graduated in 1985. Then she left France to go to London, where she enrolled at the Chelsea School of Art, Department of engraving.
She lives and works between Paris and Tunis. It is from her dual French and Tunisian origin and dual culture that draws her creative inspiration.
Meriem Bouderbala is among the few artists to combine various skills (painting, photography, installation, video) that is at the service of different mediums (paper cloth, glass cloth).
She uses her body as artistic ability to break certain social codes sociaux.Le body is omnipresent, wrapped in cloth or revealing some nudity.However, the interests of Meryem Bouderbala also cover many subjects other than femininity, namely chaos and culture. His work represents a way of conceptualizing issues which are difficult or impossible.
"After the attacks of 11 September 2001 in New York, I left Paris for Tunis. I wanted to ask the Arab world,which is foreign and familiar, so I looked like that. I understood the power of the resistance of the images despite government censorship ... My self-portraits have touched the "nature of women",the goddess locked in the contradictions of modern society and yet archaic. "Says the artist in Le Figaro.
Born in Tunis in 1960, Meriem Bouderbala joined the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Aix-en-Provence in 1980, engraving and painting department, where she graduated in 1985. Then she left France to go to London, where she enrolled at the Chelsea School of Art, Department of engraving.
She lives and works between Paris and Tunis. It is from her dual French and Tunisian origin and dual culture that draws her creative inspiration.
Meriem Bouderbala is among the few artists to combine various skills (painting, photography, installation, video) that is at the service of different mediums (paper cloth, glass cloth).
Source : https://www.marocafrik.com/english/The-Tunisian-ar...