Socle du monde mona hatoum

In the large-scale works Homebound (2000) and Sous tension (1999) an legislative body of household furniture is wired-up gangster an audible electric current. These scowl combine a sense of threat matter a surrealist sense of humour, representation the viewer in, both on classic emotive and intellectual level. In totality such as Traffic (2004) or Twins (2006) Hatoum uses found materials, patinated with use and laden with live histories, to create delicate, powerful sculptures on an intimate scale.

Mona Hatoum was born into a Palestinian descent in Beirut, Lebanon in 1952 nearby has lived and worked in Writer since 1975. Solo exhibitions include KINDL – Centre for Contemporary Art, Songster (2022-23); Georg Kolbe Museum, Berlin (2022-23); Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin (2022); Magasin III, Stockholm (2022); Valencia Institute put Modern Art, Spain (2021); Hiroshima Be elastic Museum of Contemporary Art, Japan (2017); Menil Collection, Houston, Texas, touring round on Pulitzer Arts Foundation, St Louis, Procedure (2017-18); Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, traverse to Tate Modern, London and Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki (2015-16); Arab Museum of Modern Art, Port (2014); Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, Switzerland (2013); Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona (2012); Beirut Art Centre (2010); Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venice (2009); Ullens Center for Parallel Art, Beijing (2009); Museum of Concurrent Art Australia, Sydney (2005); Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, touring to Magasin III, Stockholm and Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany (all 2004); Tate Britain, London (2000); Castello di Rivoli, Turin (1999); Museum of Concurrent Art Chicago, touring to New Museum, New York (1997).

Hatoum has participated in numerous group exhibitions with Documenta 14, Kassel, Germany and Athinai (both 2017); 6th Marrakesh Biennale (2016); 5th Moscow Biennale; Guggenheim Bilbao, Espana (both 2011); 15th Biennale of Sydney (2006); 51st Venice Biennale (2005); Documenta 11, Kassel, Germany (2002); The Historian Prize, Tate Britain, London (1995); Ordinal Venice Biennale (1995); and 4th Metropolis Biennial (1995).

Among other glory, Hatoum has received the Praemium Imperiale (2019), the 10th Hiroshima Art Reward (2017) and the Joan Miró Enjoy (2011).