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Installation view, Yael Bartana, Things to Come, Gammel Strand, Copenhagen, 2024
Installation view, Yael Bartana, Things to Come, Gammel Strand, Copenhagen, 2024
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"Portfolio Berlin 03", Kunsthalle Rostock, 2017 - 2018
"Portfolio Berlin 03", Kunsthalle Rostock, 2017 - 2018
Yael Bartana
Black Stars Shed No Light, 2014
Neon
66.9 x 59.1 inches
170 x 150 cm
170 x 150 cm
Edition 3/5, 2 AP
B-YBARTANA-.15-0007
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'Black Stars Shed No Light' is the phrase illustrated in Yael Bartana‘s neon work, but is also the opening line of the new Finnish anthem as recited the artist‘s film...
'Black Stars Shed No Light' is the phrase illustrated in Yael Bartana‘s neon work, but is also the opening line of the new Finnish anthem as recited the artist‘s film 'True Finn - Tosi suomalainen'. The 2014 film features eight Finnish characters, each of which contributed a sentence to this invented anthem, created to better suit and reflect Finland’s current society and national identity. The film explores the question of who a true FInn is, offering both a counterpoint and reversal of right-wing Finnish nationalism.
Exhibitions
"Portfolio Berlin 03", Kunsthalle Rostock, 2017 - 2018Literature
Yael Bartana, exh. cat. Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne 2017, ill, p. 34-35.