Mona Hatoum

Mona Hatoum

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.

  • Title: Mona Hatoum
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  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1952-01-01
  • Place of Birth: Beirut, Lebanon
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  • Also Known As: منى حاطوم
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Mona Hatoum Movies

  • 1983
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    The Negotiating Table

    The Negotiating Table

    1 1983 HD

    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...

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  • 1985
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    Roadworks

    Roadworks

    1 1985 HD

    Documentation of an hour-long performance in which the artist walks barefoot through the streets of Brixton, South London, with Dr. Martens boots...

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  • 2011
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    Axis of Light

    Axis of Light

    1 2011 HD

    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...

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  • 1984
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    Variations On Discord and Divisions

    Variations On Discord and Divisions

    1 1984 HD

    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...

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  • 1994
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    Corps Étranger

    Corps Étranger

    6 1994 HD

    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...

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  • 1988
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    Eyes Skinned

    Eyes Skinned

    7 1988 HD

    The tapes shows a blackhooded face - interspersed with slide projections of torture and brutality - scratching at her eyes with a sharp knife as we...

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  • 1986
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    Emergence

    Emergence

    1 1986 HD

    Four Black and Third World women artists, among them African American feminist poet Audre Lorde and Palestinian performance artist Mona Hatoum, speak...

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  • 2005
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    The Eye

    The Eye

    1 2005 HD

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  • 1994
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    Foreign Body

    Foreign Body

    1 1994 HD

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  • 1988
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    Measures of Distance

    Measures of Distance

    6.7 1988 HD

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  • 1983
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    The Negotiating Table

    The Negotiating Table

    1 1983 HD

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  • 1985
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    Roadworks

    Roadworks

    1 1985 HD

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  • 1983
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    So Much I Want to Say

    So Much I Want to Say

    1 1983 HD

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  • 1984
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    Changing Parts

    Changing Parts

    1 1984 HD

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  • 1988
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    Eyes Skinned

    Eyes Skinned

    7 1988 HD

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  • 1984
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    Variations On Discord and Divisions

    Variations On Discord and Divisions

    1 1984 HD

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  • 1994
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    Corps Étranger

    Corps Étranger

    6 1994 HD

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