Mona Hatoum
Mona Hatoum (منى حاطوم) is a Palestinian artist born in 1952 to a Palestinian family living in exile in Beirut, Lebanon. From 1970 to 1972, she studied graphic design at the Beirut College for Women. She traveled to London, England in 1975 and was inexpectedly forced to stay long than planned due to the Lebanese Civil War. She attended the Byam Shaw School of Art, London, followed by the Slade School of Fine Art, London. She explores the relationship between politics and the individual through her art installations and sculptures.
Corps Étranger
as uncreditedThis complex piece is composed of a cylindrical space with padded walls where the viewer is...
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Emergence
as SelfFour Black and Third World women artists, among them African American feminist poet Audre Lorde...
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Axis of Light
as uncreditedSeen through the work of eight leading artists from the Middle East, Axis of Light is a poignant...
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Roadworks
as SelfDocumentation of an hour-long performance in which the artist walks barefoot through the streets...
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Eyes Skinned
as uncreditedThe tapes shows a blackhooded face - interspersed with slide projections of torture and...
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The Negotiating Table
as SelfThe room is dark, lit only by a light bulb over a table on which the artist lies motionless....
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Variations On Discord and Divisions
as uncreditedThis 40-minute filmed performance was presented for the first time in 1984 at the New York art...
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