Two exhibitions
dal 22/3/2005 al 5/6/2005
Segnalato da
22/3/2005
Two exhibitions
Museum of Contemporary Art - MCA, Sydney
Mona Hatoum. This retrospective includes 'Light Sentence' and 'Corps Etranger'. Throughout all her works is an investigation of the body in relation to identity. Born out of war and exile, Hatoum's work is about the private emotional response to these broader events transformed by her artistic practice into something that is ultimately very intimate. Rosemary Laing. This exhibition of work, from '99 to the present, will include the major series' 'bulletproofglass', 'groundspeed' and 'one dozen unnatural disasters in the Australian landscape'. These images create poetic and resonant relationships between the landscape and changing notions of place.
Mona Hatoum
23 March - 29 May 2005
Born in Lebanon, London-based artist Mona Hatoum was travelling in London when war broke out in her homeland and she was unable to return. An emerging artist at the time, her practice was greatly informed by this imposed state of exile and this influence has continued throughout her 30 year career.
This major retrospective includes Hatoum’s key works Light Sentence and Corps Etranger (Foreign Bodies). Throughout all her works is an investigation of the body in relation to identity. Born out of war and exile, Mona Hatoum’s work is about the private emotional response to these broader events—transformed by her artistic practice into something that is ultimately very intimate.
Spanning the political and the personal, Mona Hatoum’s work is timely and current, from her early performance work and its documentation in film and photography, to more recent installation and sculptural works.
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Rosemary Laing
23 March - 5 June 2005
Major Australian artist Rosemary Laing shares something of Mona Hatoum’s concern with ’place‘. This exhibition of work from 1999 to the present will include the major series’ bulletproofglass, groundspeed and one dozen unnatural disasters in the Australian landscape featuring spectacular photographic works with high, almost cinematic, production values. These hauntingly beautiful images create poetic and resonant relationships between the landscape and changing notions of place, creating a powerful commentary on society and culture.
Image: Mona Hatoum
ADMISSION: FREE
Museum of Contemporary Art
140 George Street
Sidney