Mona Hatoum 'Light At The End'
This installation consists of an iron frame and five electrical elements. It represents a tunnel with red,orange and yellow lights at the end. The colour is appealing in contrast to the dark tunnel. However only when the veiwer moves closer do you realise the danger. The colours are electiric and dangerous the warmness of red is transformed to the violent red of blood. This shows that colour can have a different meaning when veiwed in a diffent context.
Mona Hatoum is Palestinian and started as a performance artist but is better known for her mechanical installations and was nominated for the Turner Prize.Her work involves light,sound,violence,oppression,voyeurism,vulnerability and confrontational themes.
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