Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at Museum der bildenden Kunste Leipzig, Germany, 18 November 2017-18 February 2018. Includes bibliographical references (pages 184-188).
Summary:
The exhibition "Displacements/Entortungen" at Museum der bildenden Kunste Leipzig initiates a dialogue between the oeuvre of the two internationally renowned artists Aysʹe Erkmen (Istanbul) and Mona Hatoum (Beirut) in an unprecedented joint exhibition. Both Erkmen's and Hatoum's artistic vantage point is their reflection about the specifics of a place, and the connected questions of politics and society. Both artists integrate historical contexts of place in their art, and each finds unique processes of reflection about personal as well as global issues. The artistic common ground of Erkmen and Hatoum can be found in the artists' reinvention of familiar means of expression: through giving new connotations to standard material, their oeuvre adopts larger realms of interpretive meaning. The catalogue accompanies the exhibition of the same name.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.