Joanna Grabski

Region of Interest

Africa

Primary Country of Residence

United States of America

Title

Professor

Affiliation

Art History and Visual Culture, Denison University

Email

grabski@denison.edu

Mailing Address

Art History/Visual Culture
Bryant Arts Center 510
Denison University
Granville, Ohio 43023 USA

Phone/Fax Number(s)

phone: 740 587-6230
fax: 740-587-5701

Countries of Specialization

Senegal, Congo

Education

Ph.D. Indiana University
M.A. Indiana University

Research Interests

I have conducted research with artists, collectors, and critics in Congo and
Senegal. I am currently working on a book manuscript dealing with Dakar's
art world. My recent research also deals with art institutions including
the Dakar Biennale and cosmopolitanism.

Teaching Interests

Visual Culture

Publications

African Art, Interviews, Narratives: Bodies of Knowledge at Work, edited by Joanna Grabski and Carol Magee, Indiana University Press: 2013.

Guest Editor, Africa Today: Special Issue on Visual Experience in Urban Africa, 54, 2 (Winter 2007).

Market Imaginary (Producer/Director for 53 minute film documenting/theorizing Dakar’s Colobane Market). Available from Indiana University Press, 2013.

Keywords

Visual Culture, Artists, Narrativity, Markets, Urban Studies