Yto Barrada

 
For more than a decade, French-Moroccan artist Yto Barrada (born 1971, lives and works in Paris) has offered a reflection on postcolonial history and current geopolitical changes from a "non-Western" art world perspective. Trained at the International Center of Photography (New York), she gained recognition in 2004 with her long-lasting project entitled "A Life Full of Hopes—The Strait Project." In this photographic series—for which she received the Ellen Auerbach Award in 2006 (furthermore, Yto Barrada won the Abraaj Group Art Prize 2014)—she presents an unexpected portrait of her hometown Tangier. Her works include films, installations, sculptures, and publications, and propose a combination of documentary strategies with a meditative approach to images.
In 2011 she was named "Deutsche Bank"s Artist of the Year', with a solo-show at the Deutsche Guggenheim (Berlin).
Yto Barrada is the founding director of the Cinémathèque de Tanger.

(external link : www.ytobarrada.com)
 
Yto Barrada - Before History
2015
English edition
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
Before History catalogues the exhibition for the Abraaj Group Art Prize 2015, which includes a new body of work by Yto Barrada, the winner of the prize, and existing work by shortlisted artists Sarnath Banerjee, Setareh Shahbazi, and Mounira Al Solh.
Yto Barrada -
2013
French edition
JRP|Editions - Monographs
sold out
Reference monograph (available in English edition).
Yto Barrada -
2013
English edition
JRP|Editions - Monographs
Reference monograph.


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