more on the Polish pavilion
June 5, 2011
I’ll have to go back and give it another look, but my question is roughly this.
If you’re Jewish and really think the Jews should return to Poland (as seems to be the case with the artist, the first non-Polish national ever to represent Poland at the Biennale) then why not simply do a political documentary making the case for the Jews to return to Poland? It’s a sufficiently fresh and controversial idea that you’d be sure to get a hearing.
My worry about the pavilion, however, is that the attempt has been made to turn it from political documentary into art simply by adding a twist of campy irony to the presentation of a literal political idea, which the artist does nonetheless believe in.