
Mona Hatoum, Map (clear), 2021, installation view, IVAM — Valencia Institute of Modern Art, Valencia, Spain (2021). Courtesy of IVAM. Photo: Juan García Rosell.
The expansive work Map (clear) (2023) by Mona Hatoum covers the entire floor area of the northern glass hall of the Lehmbruck Museum. Thousands of clear glass marbles form a fascinating yet disquieting map of the world that reflects on the extreme vulnerability of our environment. The human body and its senses are at the centre of Mona Hatoum’s work. She creates sculptures and installations whose visual beauty and perfection attract and repulse in equal measure.
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