- Paperback: 160 pages
- Publisher: Phaidon Press (April 9 1997)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0714836605
- ISBN-13: 978-0714836607
- Product Dimensions: 28.9 x 25 x 1.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 930 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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Each of Mona Hatoum's works can be read as a formula for human existence, expressed in a penetrating visual language that is both complex and puzzling. As the artist herself points out, iOneis first experience of a work of art is physical. I appreciate works that have sensual as well as intellectual impact. Meanings, connotations, and associations begin to emerge only after the initial physical experience, when the imagination, the intellect, and the psyche are ignited by what one has seen.i The daughter of Palestinian parents, Hatoum has long been regarded in Great Britain and the U.S. as one of the most important artists of her generation. Born in Lebanon in 1952 and a resident of London since 1975, her sensitivity to themes of power and identity has been heightened by a life lived outside her homeland. Many of her objects, video pieces, and installations deal with aspects of institutionalized violence and the vulnerability of the individual; her central point of reference is the body, in many cases her own. This is the first book to document the full breadth of Mona Hatoum's oeuvre, up to and including her most recent projects.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Smart and good-looking,
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This review is from: Mona Hatoum (Paperback)
This is a good introduction to the art of Mona Hatoum. The book has several well written texts, an interesting interview, and very good photos. Of course, the kind of work Hatoum makes does not lend itself easily to photography, and inevitably some of the impact is lost (but then again, this could be said for any book on art...). Oh, and it is a very good-looking book.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Pity to close hatoum'work on a book,
By A Customer
This review is from: Mona Hatoum (Paperback)
The big art work of Mona Hatoum really don't are able to be close between to cover. Like her performance, her installation and sculpture are ugly and mute in a static and not-so-well-printed photografy book. Good is the intro, and the index of exibitions
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3.5 out of 5 stars (2 customer reviews) 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Smart and good-looking,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Mona Hatoum (Paperback)
This is a good introduction to the art of Mona Hatoum. The book has several well written texts, an interesting interview, and very good photos. Of course, the kind of work Hatoum makes does not lend itself easily to photography, and inevitably some of the impact is lost (but then again, this could be said for any book on art...). Oh, and it is a very good-looking book.
0 of 14 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Pity to close hatoum'work on a book,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Mona Hatoum (Paperback)
The big art work of Mona Hatoum really don't are able to be close between to cover. Like her performance, her installation and sculpture are ugly and mute in a static and not-so-well-printed photografy book. Good is the intro, and the index of exibitions
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