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Type: sculpture Installation
Topic: Personal Political Gender body border migration Colonization
Keywords: home homeland exile Palestinian Israeli Oslo Accords soap kitchen utensils wire
Dimension: variable
Materials: High pressure laminate, metal chains, olive oil soap, red glass beads, glass bottle pieces, kitchen utensils, furniture, electric wire, light bulbs, computerized dimmer unit, amplifier, speakers.
Country: Palestine (artist's origin)
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Artist: Mona Hatoum
Year: 1996, 2000, 2001-2002, 2011
This paper, written by Roxanne Sbitti for an art history class, analyzes three of Mona Hatoum's works: Present Tense (1996), Homebound (2000), and Drowning Sorrows (2001-2002). It explores how Hatoum, a Palestinian artist, uses her experiences of exile and displacement to create art that engages with themes of home, identity, and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The analysis draws on the writings of Edward Said and others to examine how Hatoum's work transcends... (full text available in original project page)
