Yael Bartana: Utopia Now! : 25.05.2024 - 24.11.2024
(2024)- Abstract
- Since the beginning of the 2000s, Yael Bartana has investigated themes as national identity and religious tradition, collective traumas and the yearning for redemption, patriarchal power structures and promises of salvation. While the point of departure engages with the present, her oeuvre questions and proposes thoughts on how we can live together in a future that defies the shared burden of our past.
The artworks selected for Utopia Now! at the Weserburg Museum für moderne Kunst includes film installations and neon works from the last five years as well as the world premiere of Bartana’s latest film and a neon work created for Bremen. However, the artist is not interested in processing or even disssolving German guilt.... (More) - Since the beginning of the 2000s, Yael Bartana has investigated themes as national identity and religious tradition, collective traumas and the yearning for redemption, patriarchal power structures and promises of salvation. While the point of departure engages with the present, her oeuvre questions and proposes thoughts on how we can live together in a future that defies the shared burden of our past.
The artworks selected for Utopia Now! at the Weserburg Museum für moderne Kunst includes film installations and neon works from the last five years as well as the world premiere of Bartana’s latest film and a neon work created for Bremen. However, the artist is not interested in processing or even disssolving German guilt. Rather, Utopia Now! enables us to imagine a possible positive future – with visions that transcend national borders and identities. (Less)
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- Bartana, Yael LU
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- publishing date
- 2024-05-25
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- Non-textual form
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- published
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- publisher
- Weserburg Museum of Modern Art
- language
- English
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- yes
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- e6163408-cdab-4635-9e65-1dfcb7eda812
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- 2024-12-16 16:05:14
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abstract = {{Since the beginning of the 2000s, Yael Bartana has investigated themes as national identity and religious tradition, collective traumas and the yearning for redemption, patriarchal power structures and promises of salvation. While the point of departure engages with the present, her oeuvre questions and proposes thoughts on how we can live together in a future that defies the shared burden of our past.<br/><br/>The artworks selected for <i>Utopia Now! </i>at the Weserburg Museum für moderne Kunst includes film installations and neon works from the last five years as well as the world premiere of Bartana’s latest film and a neon work created for Bremen. However, the artist is not interested in processing or even disssolving German guilt. Rather, <i>Utopia Now! </i>enables us to imagine a possible positive future – with visions that transcend national borders and identities.}},
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title = {{Yael Bartana: Utopia Now! : 25.05.2024 - 24.11.2024}},
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