Mona Hatoums art re

Mona Hatoum's art reflects on world conflicts, migrations, and surveillance – using materials as varied as steel, brick, concrete, and human hair – in order to create spaces of tension, paradox, and ambiguity. The motif of the grid and the sphere serve as metaphors for confinement, oppression, and destruction. The artist’s desire to combine geopolitical problems with esthetical considerations led to one of her major works titled ‘Orbital II.’ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ In this sculpture, presented in @GalerieChantalCrousel's virtual booth, Hatoum uses materials borrowed from the construction industry: the curved steel rebar forms a globe punctuated by clumps of concrete that also look like orbiting planets. The artist produces a metaphor of a fragile world that is in a permanent state of destruction, while providing the key to a possible reconstruction. — #artbaselOVR remains live until June 26. To view and inquire about available works, visit artbasel.com/viewing-rooms using your Art Basel account. Inquiries answered within 24 hours.