| Description |
This original monograph devoted to the work of the Palestinian-born artist launches a new contemporary art publisher: Rennie Collection. Mona Hatoum works in a diverse and unconventional range of media, including installations, sculpture, video and photography and her work is most often discussed exclusively in sociopolitical terms. Grenier brings other influences to the surface, notably Surrealism - the first Western art Hatoum discovered as a young girl - and Minimalism - the dominant aesthetic she encountered in art school in London. In exploring these seemingly contradictory impulses, she uncovers artistic and personal concerns that go beyond a simple journalistic reading of Hatoum's artistic career. |