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Mona Hatoum — Light Works
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Shadow as Geometry
OBS-ART-175
Systems of Clarity
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OBS-ART-175
Origin:
uk. palestine
Era:
1990s-present
Themes / Lineage:
contemporary installation, light
Field Notes:
Shadow sharpens into form. Geometry replaces image. Boundary emerges through light.
Quiet Modernism appears here as geometric order revealed through shadow.

Shadow as Geometry

Mona Hatoum — Light Works

Projected forms align precisely.

Angles register.

Order stabilizes.

How does order register?
Shadow is often read as incidental, yet projected forms align precisely. Angles and proportions remain legible. What continues is geometry carried by shadow.

Shadow is often read as incidental, yet projected forms align precisely.

Angles and proportions remain legible.

What continues is geometry carried by shadow.

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