Yto Barrada
dal 22/9/2011 al 30/12/2011
Segnalato da
22/9/2011
Yto Barrada
Wiels - Contemporary Art Center, Bruxelles
Riffs is the first survey exhibition of the work of Yto Barrada, whose photographs, films, publications, installations and sculptures engage with the peculiar situation of her hometown of Tangier, Morocco, situated on the Strait of Gibraltar, transformed into a dead end since the 1991 Schengen agreement. Yto Barrada is Deutsche Bank's 'Artist of the Year 2011'.
'Deutsche Bank's Artist of the Year 2011'
Riffs is the first survey exhibition of the work of Yto Barrada, whose photographs, films, publications, installations and sculptures engage with the peculiar situation of her hometown of Tangier, Morocco, situated on the Strait of Gibraltar, transformed into a dead end since the 1991 Schengen agreement. Yto Barrada is sensitive to forgotten versions of history, the world behind the scenes, and blind spots in the evolution of her country, Morocco. She’s interested in the margins of the tourist stereotypes and the Western prosperity.
The title of the show is a musical term and refers to the choice to mix different series and media used by the artist, but also to the nearby Rif mountains where a historic revolt took place in 1921 and to the cinema le Rif, home of the Tangier film museum, which Barrada directs, and which will present a programme of films in the exhibition.
Yto Barrada is Deutsche Bank's 'Artist of the Year 2011' , an award not based on a financial reward, but positioned as an integral
part of Deutsche Bank’s commitment to contemporary art, a program which includes a solo exhibition at the Deutsche Guggenheim
in Berlin which travels to WIELS and other museums, a publication and acquisitions for the Deutsche Bank Collection.
Complementary Programme: lecture by Marie Muracciole - 10.11.2011, 7pm
Persdossiers, images, interviews
micha.pycke@wiels.org
T +32 (0)2 340 00 51
M +32 (0)486 68 00 70
Opening 23.09.2011, 18:00 - 21:00
WIELS Centre d'Art Contemporain
Avenue Van Volxemlaan 354, B-1190 Brussel