Installation view Yael Bartana, Utopia Now!, Weserburg, Bremen, 2024
Installation view 'The weather is uncertain tonight, as is my soul,' University Gallery Angewandte Vienna, 2023.
Bartana, Yael
Crisis-Crysis-Crycis, 2021
Neon light
140 x 200 cm
Edition of 5 plus 2 artist's proofs
Copyright The Artist
Further images
Bartana’s new neon work, CRISIS – CRYSIS – CRYCIS, is a playful demonstration of imaginary and alternative etymological origins to a term that has become a banal cliché in recent...
Bartana’s new neon work, CRISIS – CRYSIS – CRYCIS, is a playful demonstration of imaginary and alternative etymological origins to a term that has become a banal cliché in recent times. Phonetically dismantling the term, she alludes to the original Greek meaning of the word, krisis, which mean a turning point that could lead to both a catastrophe and an opportunity. Doing so, the work touches upon notions of foreignness, calling for solidarity within marginalised communities and demanding a reevaluation of patriarchal values.
Exhibitions
2024. Yael Bartana, Utopia Now!, Weserburg, Bremen2023. The weather is uncertain tonight, as is my soul, University Gallery Angewandte Vienna
2021. Diversity / United: Contemporary European Art. Berlin. Moscow. Paris., Flughafen Tempelhof, Berlin. This exhibition travelled to State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, 2022.