Mona Hatoum: Inside Out: Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort, Netherlands

This spring, Kunsthal KAdE starts the year with a solo exhibition dedicated to the work of British-Palestinian artist Mona Hatoum. Entitled Inside Out, the exhibition features work spanning the artist’s entire career: from her performance and videos of the 1980s to recent sculptures, installations and works on paper. This will be the first comprehensive survey of the artist’s work in the Netherlands.

Hatoum was born in Lebanon as the daughter of Palestinian exiles and has lived in London since 1975. Her work revolves around the tension between the concept of home, displacement and exile. With a minimalist aesthetic and poetic use of the ordinary, Hatoum manages to transform themes of global conflict into imaginative sculptures and installations that are both compelling and thought provoking. Everyday objects are electrified, the terrestrial globe becomes a buzzing red neon map and glass forms are trapped inside cage-like structures.