
Slicer
1999
A large, industrial-looking kitchen device is transformed into an object of quiet menace, its gleaming steel blades suggesting both domestic utility and latent danger. Hatoum exploits the uncanny familiarity of an everyday household tool, turning it into a sculptural meditation on vulnerability, violence, and the body's fragility. The work exemplifies her ongoing investigation into the tension between the banal and the threatening, rendering the ordinary deeply unsettling.
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale
November 17, 2016
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