The Hugo Boss Prize: Emily Jacir April 15, 2009

On November 13, 2008, Emily Jacir (b. 1970, Palestine) was awarded the seventh biennial Hugo Boss Prize, which was established in 1996 by Hugo Boss and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation to recognize and support significant achievement in contemporary art. Combining the role of archivist, activist and poet, Jacir creates poignant works of art that are at once intensely personal and deeply political.