Untitled (Wheelchair II) 1999

Mona Hatoum's 1999 "Untitled (Wheelchair II)" is a stark and thought-provoking sculpture. The artist transforms a common object, a wheelchair, into an unsettling piece of installation art by crafting it from polished stainless steel. The coldness and industrial feel of the material, and the starkness of the white backdrop, amplify the sense of isolation and vulnerability often associated with disability and dependence. Hatoum's work is known for its exploration of themes of the body, identity, and the political and social realities of our time.