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About Ann Hamilton

American · 1956–present

American[5] installation artist whose immersive environments transform material labour, cloth, and language into charged atmospheric spaces.

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Ann Hamilton's works are held in 3 museums worldwide, including National Gallery of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Museum of Modern Art.

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • Who was Ann Hamilton?
    Ann Hamilton was born in Lima, Ohio, in 1956[5] and lives in Columbus, Ohio. She attended the University of Kansas, where she received a BFA in textile design in 1979, and later completed an MFA in sculpture at Yale University.
  • What is Ann Hamilton known for?
    Ann Hamilton is known for her installations that combine material labour, the body, and language. Her environments often use large quantities of a single material or gesture repeated obsessively, such as thread, hair, pages of text, or animal skins.
  • What was Ann Hamilton's art style?
    Ann Hamilton's domestic rooms convey a feeling of discord, even though they may appear calm and orderly at first glance. Her installations work at the intersection of material labour, the body, and language, treating space as something that can be saturated with meaning through accumulated ordinary things.

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Where to See guide aggregates verified holdings of Ann Hamilton's works across the following collections.

  1. [1] museum Harvard Art Museums Used for: museum holdings.
  2. [2] museum Art Institute of Chicago Used for: museum holdings.
  3. [3] museum Victoria and Albert Museum Used for: museum holdings.
  4. [4] museum Smithsonian American Art Museum Used for: museum holdings.
  5. [5] wikipedia Wikipedia: Ann Hamilton Used for: biography.
  6. [6] book guggenheim-annialbers00webe Used for: biography, stylistic analysis.
  7. [7] book guggenheim-invested00blis Used for: biography.
  8. [8] book guggenheim-jennyholzer00wald Used for: biography.
  9. [9] book Landauer, Susan, The not-so-still life : a century of California painting and sculpture Used for: biography, stylistic analysis.
  10. [10] book Charlene Spretnak (auth.), The Spiritual Dynamic in Modern Art _ Art History Reconsidered, 1800 to the Present Used for: stylistic analysis.

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