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Artist:
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Mona Hatoum
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Title:
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Cube (9 x 9 x 9)
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Date:
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2008
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Medium:
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Black finished steel
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Dimensions:
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71 x 71 1/2 x 71 1/2 in. (180.34 x 181.61 x 181.61 cm)
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Credit Line:
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The Ethel Morrison Van Derlip Fund
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Location:
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Gallery 373
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Everything about this sculpture, from its imposing physical presence to its construction of barbed wire, seems to be threatening and dangerous. Mona Hatoum's use of a provocative material reflects her belief that content should be conveyed through aesthetic and formal elements. She describes her work as being "â¦about presenting the audience with a set of objects and materials that may have certain associations and may bring out general feelings of discomfort or uncertainty, and this will be different for each person."
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Artist/Creator(s)
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Name:
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Hatoum, Mona
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Nationality:
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Palestinian (born Lebanon)
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Life Dates:
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Palestinian (born Lebanon), 1952
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Object Description
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Inscriptions:
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Classification:
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Sculpture
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Physical Description:
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black openwork barbed wire cube with 8" sections repeated
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Creation Place:
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, England, , ,
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Accession #:
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2010.8
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Owner:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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