newsfromlabiennale201101

Yael Bartana (1970, Israel) is representing Poland at the 54 La Biennale di Venezia, in 2011
Yael Bartana Interview by Saatchi Online

Yael Bartana work's investigates society and politics. She has become known for her complex visualizations in the forms of photography, film, video, and sound works and installations [...]

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 [...]