Mona Hatoum
(c)image: Fotostudio Eshof, Courtesy of the Artist
Recollection, 1995
Installation
, variable dimensions
hair balls, strands of hair hung from ceiling, wooden loom with woven hair, table
Recollection consists of a table-shaped loom used to weave human hair; strewn on the ground around it we come across hundreds of little brown balls made out of hair – the artist’s own – and an invisible ‘wall’ of hairs strung up, in a precise grid, from ceiling to floor. A chilling mixture of bodily intimacy and abject domesticity, the work exemplifies Hatoum’s interest in topics related to imprisonment, incarceration and enslavement.
