DEPRIVED/POZBAWIENI

Exhibition opens 6- 9pm, Thursday May 3

Exhibition runs until May 19

 

This video project explores the often difficult Polish-Jewish relations determined by common historical experiences: a state of co-existence between tolerance and the inability of a shared citizenship. Both films by the Israeli video artist Yael Bartana, and the Polish filmmaker and photographer Artur Zmijewski, show common stereotypes of anti-Polish attitudes among Jews and anti-Semitic resentments among Poles. 

 

They emphasise an emptiness and a lack of something both sides were deprived of: homes and homeland, basic experiences of living and being together.

 

Both artists are widely acclaimed internationally and have represented Poland at the Venice Biennale, Artur Zmijewski in 2005 and Yael Bartana in 2011, the first time a non-Polish national has represented Poland.