"The multidisciplinary artist Mona Hatoum is not given to bombast; yet the stark simplicity of her work never fails to speak volumes, and here it acquires yet another dimension when set against pieces by the Swiss Surrealist Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966), chosen and displayed by herself. Giacometti X Mona Hatoum is the second in the Barbican's trilogy of exhibitions, Encounters: Giacometti, that matches the practices of three contemporary artists against historic works by Giacometti."
"Giacometti is one of the most significant European sculptors of the 20th century; his readily recognisable streamlined, elongated, fragile figures are largely a response to the devastation of World War II. And this is where his work meets that of Mona Hatoum, who was born in Lebanon to a displaced Palestinian family in 1952. Hatoum has been based in Britain, where she studied art, for many years, but inevitably her work, too, is permeated by the effects of war and devastation."
An exhibition pairs Mona Hatoum’s spare, unsettling works with historic sculptures by Alberto Giacometti, selected and displayed by Hatoum. The show is the second instalment of the Barbican’s Encounters: Giacometti trilogy, following Huma Bhabha and preceding Lynda Benglis. Giacometti’s elongated, fragile figures respond to the devastation of World War II. Hatoum’s practice is shaped by war and displacement; she was born in Lebanon to a displaced Palestinian family and later settled in Britain. Interior Landscape (2008) installs a bed frame with barbed‑wire springs, a greasy food tray and a distorted hanger. Grease stains on the tray outline a map of historic Palestine and human hair is embroidered on the pillow.
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