Art:21 | Ann Hamilton

Ann Hamilton's work is a unique blend of performance, photography, video, textiles, and sculpture. Best known for her sensual, environmental installations, Hamilton's work often combine sensory elements of sound, taste, smell and touch. She is as interested in verbal and written language as she is in the visual, and sees the two as related and mutable elements.

Ann Hamilton is featured in the Season 1 episode "Spirituality" of the Art21 series "Art:21 -- Art in the Twenty-First Century".

Learn more about Ann Hamilton: http://www.art21.org/artists/ann-hamilton

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[art21org]

The title of the work at the 48th Venice Biennale (1999) is titled "myein" and there is a catalog for the exhibition available through online booksellers.

[MarchIntoTheSea]

LOVE Ann Hamilton....she is just brilliant.

[missartist123]

art has such a broad definition these days. By showing a message like this with the approach she made is very well considered art. But I do understand your reasoning.

[rictit]

It is an interesting way of expressing an idea with certain ideological message, but in terms of art!!!NO WAY, this is not art!!!There are better artists of the 21st century in Japan, Mexico, Spain, Italy etc. But this American, MY GOD IS TERRIBLE, but of course she is American, so she must be in the best shows!!!

[MoLoProductions]

She is my Aunt!! no joke!!

[MarchIntoTheSea]

Um other than online research the only other suggestion I can think of is one of her books. I have her book "Ann Hamilton: An Inventory of Objects" and it is great...its a catalogue of almost all of her work with information about all of them. Sorry I can be more help. Um also there is the Art 21 interview.

[quran777]

@MarchIntoTheSea,

How could I find out more about Ann Hamilton regarding the piece being presented? Please get back to me at your earliest convenience because I am trying to do a Formal Analysis of her work.

Thanks! : )