Mona Hatoum, Cellules, 2012-2013, mild steel and hand-blown glass in eight parts, variables dimensions — Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris. Photo: Florian Kleinefenn
The work of London-based artist Mona Hatoum (b. 1952) illuminates the contradictions and uncertainties of our contemporary global society. Often referencing domestic and everyday objects, Hatoum creates installations and sculptures that capitalize on unexpected combinations to evoke a range of conflicting emotions such as fear and fascination, or attraction and revulsion. Over her four-decade career, she has continually investigated ideas of home and displacement, engaging with conditions of global instability and political upheaval.
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