Mona
Hatoum
Mona
Hatoum
Hatoum
Palestinian, born in 1952
The life and work of Mona Hatoum, an artist of Palestinian origin, are deeply influenced by the experience of exile. Her artistic practice is at once political, poetic and autobiographical and conveys an underlying difficulty in defining herself as irremediably stateless.
Even though she has favored over the past decades large-scale minimalist installations that interrogate the geopolitics of migrations in the face of world conflicts, Mona Hatoum has represented exile through a wide array of media. Whether through sculptures, videos, performances, photographs, graphic works, geographical maps or organic materials such as her own hair, the artist illustrates complex themes such as relationships based on oppression and state surveillance, the communitarian quest, and the need to fight individually or in group.
One of her recent installations, Bourj II (2011), held in the Pinault Collection, was presented in the group show À Triple tour. Collection Pinault (“triple locked”) at the Paris Conciergerie, in 2013.
Even though she has favored over the past decades large-scale minimalist installations that interrogate the geopolitics of migrations in the face of world conflicts, Mona Hatoum has represented exile through a wide array of media. Whether through sculptures, videos, performances, photographs, graphic works, geographical maps or organic materials such as her own hair, the artist illustrates complex themes such as relationships based on oppression and state surveillance, the communitarian quest, and the need to fight individually or in group.
One of her recent installations, Bourj II (2011), held in the Pinault Collection, was presented in the group show À Triple tour. Collection Pinault (“triple locked”) at the Paris Conciergerie, in 2013.
