Incommunicado
1993
Metal cot and wire
displayed: 1264 x 575 x 935 mm sculpture Purchased with funds provided by the Gytha Trust 1995 T06988
The bare metal bars of this child's cot resemble those of a prison cell, while the springs have been replaced by taut cheese wires. Hatoum has transformed a symbol of comfort and refuge into a claustrophobic space suggesting a place
of torture and incarceration. The evokes themes of child abuse,
as well as the suffering experienced by political prisoners.
(From the display caption August 2004)
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