“Recasting Turandot: Daughters of a Disputed Land” by Cleo Roberts-Komireddi

ArtAsiaPacific

A vast metalwork globe with lines of longitude and latitude, which appears to cage in blazing red neon landmasses, lures visitors into Parasol unit’s exhibition, “TURANDOT: To the Daughters of the East.” One of Mona Hatoum’s iconic Hot Spot works, the orb is tilted on its axis, allowing, from one angle, Central Asia—formerly Turan, the show’s focus—to fall into view.

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