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Mona Hatoum — Slicer
Mona Hatoum

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.

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

November 17, 2016

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Mona Hatoum, 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.

Year
1999
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Danger And Tension, Body And Domesticity, Political Undertones, Minimalist Aesthetic, Unsettling Mood, Feminist Art, Sculpture, Mixed Media, Conceptual Art, Domestic Objects, Contemporary Artist, Lebanese-British Artist, Political Commentary, Installation Art, Late 20th Century, Political Art, Threat And Danger, Female Artist

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