Museum Exhibition

Mona Hatoum at the Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig

Posted: 19 April 2018

Mona Hatoum, *Hot Spot III*, 2009 © Mona Hatoum Photo © Agostino Osio Courtesy Fondazione Querini Stampalia Onlus, Venedig

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18 November 2017 – 18 February 2018

Leipzig, Germany

Mona Hatoum and Ayse Erkmen feature in the joint exhibition ‘Displacements/Entortungen’ at the Museum der bildenden Künste.

The show explores the meaning of displacement, bringing together two artists who use place and historical context to explore individual and global concerns in their work.

In works such as Hot Spot III (2009) and Kapan (2012) Hatoum uses displacement to cause uncertainty and a sense of alienation, using familiar objects modified, or scaled up, to appear vulnerable or disorientating.