Mona Hatoum Professions : Artist Born : 1952 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Mona Hatoum I'm often asked the same question: What in your work comes from your own culture? As if I have a recipe and I can actually isolate the Arab ingredient, the woman ingredient, the Palestinian ingredient. People often expect tidy definitions of otherness, as if identity is something fixed and easily definable. Mona Hatoum identity culture people I like keeping my work so open that it can be interpreted on different levels. Art can't be compared with journalism; it can't discuss concrete issues. Mona Hatoum issues different art Art can't be compared with journalism; it can't deal with concrete issues. Mona Hatoum journalism issues art Similar Authors Burton Silverman artist Bruce Nauman artist Bruce Conner artist Brom artist Britney Spears artist Brigid Berlin artist All Authors