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Ann Hamilton: An Inventory of Objects
Ann Hamilton: An Inventory of Objects is a major new publication of the work of one of today's most important and influential artists. The book is a comprehensive catalogue of Hamilton's object-based work from 1984 to 2006. The more than 130 color plates document photographs, sculpture, video, audio and language pieces (both unique and editioned), as well as multiples and prints. Many of the objects relate to the large-scale installations for which Hamilton is internationally known. Each object in the inventory is accompanied by a text by Joan Simon, who also contributes a significant new essay setting Hamilton's objects in critical context. The complete inventory of Hamilton's objects made over the past 20-plus years is reproduced in this essential publication, which also contains an extensive biography, bibliography and index. The book, designed by the Swedish designer Hans Cogne in conversation with Ann Hamilton, is a beautiful object in its own right and evokes many of the conceptual qualities of Hamilton's art.
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312 pages, Hardcover
First published December 9, 2006
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About the author
Ann Hamilton
45 books2 followersAnn Hamilton (born June 22, 1956 in Lima, Ohio) is a visual artist who emerged in the early 1980s known for large-scale multi-media installations, as well as her work in video, sculpture, photography, textile art, and printmaking.
Ann Hamilton was born on June 22, 1956 in Lima, Ohio. She grew up in a tight-knit family, and was close to her grandmother. She has memories of sitting on the couch with her, reading, knitting, and doing needlepoint together. Currently she resides in Columbus, Ohio with her husband Michael Mercil, also an artist. Hamilton received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in textile design from the University of Kansas in 1979. She then attained a Master of Fine Arts in sculpture from the Yale University School of Art in 1985.
Hamilton prefers the term "maker" to "artist." From 1985 to 1991, she taught on the faculty of the University of California at Santa Barbara. In 1992, Hamilton established her home and practice in Columbus, Ohio. In 1999, Hamilton represented the United States at the 48th Venice Biennale at the United States Pavilion with her work myein. Since 2001, she has been a Professor of Art at The Ohio State University.
In 1989, she performed Privations & Excesses at Capp Street Project, located in San Francisco. Hamilton covered the entire room with 750,000 pennies and sat in the room wringing her hands inside a hat filled with honey. Behind her, was a barred room with several grazing sheep.
In 1993 she performed her piece tropos at Dia Center for the Arts. She covered the entire floor with interwoven horse hair and sat at a desk, located in the middle of the room. While sitting at the desk, she erased words from a book with a heated coil.
From December 7, 2012 to January 6, 2013, Hamilton presented new work titled the event of a thread at the Park Avenue Armory in New York, NY.
(from Wikipedia)
Ann Hamilton was born on June 22, 1956 in Lima, Ohio. She grew up in a tight-knit family, and was close to her grandmother. She has memories of sitting on the couch with her, reading, knitting, and doing needlepoint together. Currently she resides in Columbus, Ohio with her husband Michael Mercil, also an artist. Hamilton received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in textile design from the University of Kansas in 1979. She then attained a Master of Fine Arts in sculpture from the Yale University School of Art in 1985.
Hamilton prefers the term "maker" to "artist." From 1985 to 1991, she taught on the faculty of the University of California at Santa Barbara. In 1992, Hamilton established her home and practice in Columbus, Ohio. In 1999, Hamilton represented the United States at the 48th Venice Biennale at the United States Pavilion with her work myein. Since 2001, she has been a Professor of Art at The Ohio State University.
In 1989, she performed Privations & Excesses at Capp Street Project, located in San Francisco. Hamilton covered the entire room with 750,000 pennies and sat in the room wringing her hands inside a hat filled with honey. Behind her, was a barred room with several grazing sheep.
In 1993 she performed her piece tropos at Dia Center for the Arts. She covered the entire floor with interwoven horse hair and sat at a desk, located in the middle of the room. While sitting at the desk, she erased words from a book with a heated coil.
From December 7, 2012 to January 6, 2013, Hamilton presented new work titled the event of a thread at the Park Avenue Armory in New York, NY.
(from Wikipedia)
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September 21, 2007
i agree with marisa, fucking gorgeous!
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