Mona Hatoum | At the Elleboogkerk

In addition to the solo exhibition Mona Hatoum: Inside Out At Kunsthal KAdE, there was also an exhibition in the Elbow Church work of the artist on display. Especially for this special location, Hatoum created the new installation Web (2025), a large-scale constellation of delicate, transparent glass spheres, threaded through wires to create the form of a spider’s web. Suspended overhead and extending to almost the entirety of the space, the seemingly precarious web appears both captivating and ominous. 

Web can be seen as a looming net which suggests oppressive entrapment, while simultaneously being a home or place of safety. This reminds us that spiders spin their webs in order to capture and entangle their prey. For Hatoum, the web also symbolises the interconnectedness of all things. The glass spheres sparkle like dew drops on a web, paradoxically seductive yet unnerving. Web is a stark but poetic reminder of the physically and psychologically trapping "webs" through which we must navigate in life. Hatoum has used the motif of the web, in various materials, throughout her oeuvre to explore themes of neglect, idleness, mobility and control. 

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You can use the Elbow Church visits at Tuesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Langegracht 36 in Amersfoort. The installations in the Elleboogkerk come about entirely autonomously - even if they may be an extension of a presentation in one of the museums - and therefore must also be paid for independently. These entrance fees can be found on the website of the Elbow Church. The Museum Card is valid at the Elbow Church and children up to 18 years can the exhibition free visits.