Mona Hatoum
Biography: 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.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: January 01, 1952
Deathday: N/A
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The Negotiating Table
1983-12-05
The Negotiating Table
Overview: The room is dark, lit only by a light bulb over a table on which the artist lies motionless. Empty chairs surround the table. Her body is bloodstained, covered with entrails, wrapped in plastic, and her head is firmly covered in surgical gauze. On the soundtrack news reports about civil war and speeches of Western leaders talking about peace can be heard.
Genres: War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-12-05
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Roadworks
1985-01-01
Roadworks
Overview: Documentation of an hour-long performance in which the artist walks barefoot through the streets of Brixton, South London, with Dr. Martens boots tied to her ankles. The work was made in response to the Brixton's uprisings of 1981 and 1983 and in solidarity with Black communities.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-01-01
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Axis of Light
2011-01-01
Axis of Light
Overview: Seen through the work of eight leading artists from the Middle East, Axis of Light is a poignant and absorbing observation of the influences of conflict.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-01-01
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Variations On Discord and Divisions
1984-01-01
Variations On Discord and Divisions
Overview: This 40-minute filmed performance was presented for the first time in 1984 at the New York art centre ABC No Rio. Since Mona Hatoum refuses to produce the same work twice, she generally creates one single site-specific performance. However, in 1984, she decided, with Variations on Discord and Division, to provide an action that could be adapted to different spaces. She thus offered several possibilities for actions and “variations”. Through this performance and the various forms that it may take, the artist deals with notions of exile, war and oppression. This work consists of several little abstract scenes, which represent for the artist ways of experimenting with specific situations.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-01-01
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Eyes Skinned
1988-01-01
Eyes Skinned
Overview: The tapes shows a blackhooded face - interspersed with slide projections of torture and brutality - scratching at her eyes with a sharp knife as we hear snips of news accounts of the eradication of the Palestinian people.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-01-01
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Corps Étranger
1994-01-01
Corps Étranger
Overview: This complex piece is composed of a cylindrical space with padded walls where the viewer is invited to enter and see a video of Hatoum’s internal body. As such, she makes use of indispensable medical imaging technology (that without, the work would not exist). Hatoum uses the strategy of abjection in displaying the internal cavities in a way that has the effect of swallowing up the viewer. The abject destabilizes boundaries.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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Emergence
1986-01-01
Emergence
Overview: Four Black and Third World women artists, among them African American feminist poet Audre Lorde and Palestinian performance artist Mona Hatoum, speak forcefully through their art and writing.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-01
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