Between 2006 and 2011, Bartana worked in Poland, creating the trilogy And Europe Will Be Stunned, which examines 19th- and 20th-century Europe as a historic homeland for Ashkenazi Jews.
This project discusses the history of Polish-Jewish relations and its influence on the contemporary Polish identity.
The trilogy represented Poland in the 54th International Art Exhibition in Venice (the Venice Biennale, 2011), where she was the first non-Polish citizen to ever represent Poland.
It was acquired in the permanent collection by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.
In recent years, Bartana has increasingly staged her films, and proposed utopic narratives for new chapters of history.
Between 2006 and 2011, Bartana worked in Poland, creating the trilogy And Europe Will Be Stunned, which examines 19th- and 20th-century Europe as a historic homeland for Ashkenazi Jews.This project discusses the history of Polish-Jewish relations and its influence on the contemporary Polish identity. The trilogy represented Poland in the 54th International Art Exhibition in Venice (the Venice Biennale, 2011), where she was the first non-Polish citizen to ever represent Poland. It was acquired in the permanent collection by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. In recent years, Bartana has increasingly staged her films, and proposed utopic narratives for new chapters of history.
Yael Bartana