PLUCK. Mona Hatoum used a single hair plucked from her own head to create this elegant drawing. Viewers may be at once repelled and delighted by Hatoum’s hair. With the utmost simplicity, this single strand calls numerous associations to mind. While it might suggest a woman’s crowning glory, it could just as easily be evidence of an illness that causes hair to fall out. It might symbolize beauty, but could also remind us of our disgust when we see a shower that needs cleaning. It may also reference Muslim women’s head covering. Hatoum’s work starts out quietly and becomes more insistent as all of these thoughts and possibilities vie for preeminence. Hatoum was born in Lebanon to Palestinian parents. She now lives in London and Berlin.