
Mona Hatoum (Palestinian, born Lebanon, 1952). + and -, 1994–2004. Steel, aluminum, sand and electric motor, artist's proof from edition of 3 plus 1 artist's proof, 10 5/8 x 157 1/4 x 157 1/4 inches (27 x 399.4 x 399.4 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; General Purchase Funds, 2007 (2007:2a-d). © 2004 Mona Hatoum.
© Mona Hatoum
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Mona Hatoum
Palestinian, active in London, born Beirut, Lebanon, 1952
+ and -, 1994-2004
steel, aluminum, sand, and electric motor
Edition: artist's proof 1/1 from edition of 3 plus 1 artist's proof
overall: 10 5/8 x 165 3/8 inches (26.99 x 420.05 cm)
Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
General Purchase Funds, 2007
2007:2a-d
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Alexander and Bonin, New York;March 23, 2007, purchased by the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo
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Quiet and subtle in its implications, Mona Hatoum’s + and − in part reflects the artist's identity as a British resident of Palestinian descent. Hatoum’s family left Haifa, Israel, in 1948 during the Arab-Israeli War and settled in Beirut, Lebanon, where she was born in 1952. The Lebanese Civil War broke out while Hatoum was visiting London in 1975, preventing her from returning home.
The sculpture's rotating arm simultaneously marks and smooths the surface of a disk of sand. The work serves as an affecting metaphor for the eternal sands of time, the cyclical nature of historical events, and the beauty and horror of a life fully lived.
Label from DECADE: Contemporary Collecting 2002–2012, August 21, 2012–January 6, 2013
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