Mona Hatoum was born in Beirut in 1952, to Palestinian parents, and settled in London in 1975. She first became known for a series of performance and video pieces which focused with great intensity on the body. Since the beginning of the 1990s her work has shifted towards installation and sculpture. This book focuses on three new works created for the Tate. Dramatic in scale, Mouli-Julienne (x21), Continental Drift, and Homebound make familiar objects seem foreign, rendering them beautiful yet malevolent. Through the ...
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Mona Hatoum was born in Beirut in 1952, to Palestinian parents, and settled in London in 1975. She first became known for a series of performance and video pieces which focused with great intensity on the body. Since the beginning of the 1990s her work has shifted towards installation and sculpture. This book focuses on three new works created for the Tate. Dramatic in scale, Mouli-Julienne (x21), Continental Drift, and Homebound make familiar objects seem foreign, rendering them beautiful yet malevolent. Through the juxtaposition of opposites such as beauty and horror, Hatoum engages the viewer in conflicting emotions of desire and revulsion, fear and fascination.
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2000. Tate Gallery. Softback. Book-VG. 13x9.5. 44pp. Profuse colour & b/w plates. An illustrated catalogue accompanying an exhibition by the Beirut-born installation artist and sculptor, Mona Hatoum (b. 1952). The three new works created by her make familiar objects seem foreign, rendering them beautiful yet malevolent.
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4to. 34 pp. Some fold-out pages. Minor signs of shelf wear. Soft covers. Light creasing. Some color plates. Very Good. Personal invitation to Peter and Eileen Norton from "Ted" tipped in front cover. ISBN: 1854373269 9781854373267 Provenance: From the collection of the Peter Norton Family Foundation, Santa Monica, Ca. In 2003, Norton, the founder of Norton Utilities, became the chairman of the board of the MoMA PS1.
