Collection Online as of August 10, 2022
body object series #3 • shoe
Ann Hamilton
(American, b. 1956)
Gelatin silver print
Image: 10.3 x 10.2 cm (4 1/16 x 4 in.); Paper: 25.2 x 20.2 cm (9 15/16 x 7 15/16 in.)
The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2019.238
Location
not on view
Description
The body object series was Ann Hamilton’s first photographic project. Conceived and staged by the artist, these images are surrealist and absurdist, and sometimes humorous, with strong roots in conceptual, performance, and installation art. The sense of touch is a prevalent theme in Hamilton's work. Here, her imagery may be personal, but the images are universal in their evocation of the body as a receptor of sensation.
Ann Hamilton
Lima-born and Columbus-based Ann Hamilton has received, among many honors, the National Medal of the Arts and a MacArthur Fellowship. She represented the United States in the 1991 São Paulo Bienal and the 1999 Venice Biennial, and has exhibited extensively around the world. Hamilton has served on the faculty of The Ohio State University since 2001, where she is a Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Art. Hamilton is best known for her large-scale installations and public commissions, but has also worked in other media including photography and film.