Lee Miller

Yael Bartana

Modern Art Oxford

Emily Jacir

"Artists Yael Bartana and Emily Jacir were both born in 1970. Their work in video, photography and other media explores what it means to be, respectively, Israeli and Palestinian. Addressing issues of national identity, displacement and personal freedom, they are among the most impressive artists of their generation." "Lee Miller (1907-1977) has a unique place in the history of twentieth century photography. She is best known for her Surrealist infused reports for Vogue Magazine during the Second World War." "This special book, which both accompanies and is a legacy of the exhibition Wherever I Am, includes essays on Yael Bartana's work by award winning novelist Linda Grant and by curator Galit Eilat; on Emily Jacir's work by critic Tom Vanderbilt and the late Edward W. Said, a writer and intellectual of world renown; and on Lee Miller's wartime photography by David Alan Mellor, Professor of Art History at the University of Sussex." "With an introduction by Andrew Nairne, curator of Wherever I Am and Director of Modern Art Oxford, discussing the background to the exhibition, the book also includes reproductions of works by each artist, biographies and bibliographies."--BOOK JACKET.

Yael Bartana, Emily Jacir, Lee Miller

Wherever I Am

ex libris commemorates the approximately thirty thousand books, belonging to Palestinian homes, libraries, and institutions, that were looted by Israel in 1948. Six thousand of these books are kept and catalogued at the Jewish National Library of Israel in Jerusalem under the designation 'A.P.' (Abandoned Property).Jacir photographed these books with her cell phone during repeated visits to the library over the course of two years. With her intimate explorations, selection, and cataloguing, Jacir creates a a register of the fragments and traces she documented. She has also translated into German and English some of the handwritten inscriptions of the former owners, and is exhibiting them along with the Arabic on billboards in public spaces throughout Kassel. Her work not only addresses the looting and destruction of books but also raises questions regarding repatriation and restitution.

Emily Jacir

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