Untitled
1996
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
1996
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
You see a sheet of wax paper covered in tiny dots and lines, like someone rubbed a pencil over a rough surface. This isn’t just any rubbing—it’s taken from a kitchen grater. The bumps and holes of the metal show up as dark marks, turning an everyday object into something strange and almost unsettling. The paper looks fragile, but the pattern feels sharp. To see more work that plays with ordinary things in unexpected ways, look up the artist Mona Hatoum.
