Monday 3 January 2011

newsfromlabiennale201101

Yael Bartana (1970, Israel) is representing Poland at the 54 La Biennale di Venezia, in 2011
Mary Koszmary (excerpt) © Yael Bartana


Yael Bartana's practice evinces a set of hard-won priorities: first-hand experience of war filtered into accounts of aberrant behaviour. ... she seems to side with the idea that life in a conflict zone is defined by simple realities: run to grab a sweater in Israel or Palestine and there’s a substantial chance you may never come back [...]

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