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Ann Hamilton : myein : the United States Pavilion, 48th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy, June 12-November 7, 1999

Title: Ann Hamilton : myein : the United States Pavilion, 48th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy, June 12-November 7, 1999 / organized by Katy Kline and Helaine Posner, United States commissioners.
Author: Hamilton, Ann, 1956-
Publication: [Place of publication not identified] : [Katy Kline and Helaine Posner], [1999]

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48 pages : illustrations (some color); 24 cm

Summary

"The word myein is an ancient Greek verb meaning "to close the eyes or mouth." Linked to the initiation rites enacted in medieval cults, the closing of the eyes or mouth refers to the secret status surrounding their rites. Across time, myein has come to stand for that thing which has not been, or cannot be, explained. Hamilton's interest in the temple form as an idealized image projected onto civic space led her to engage the neo- classical building of the United States pavilion as both subject and object of the project. It was a meditation on aspects of American social history that, like weather, are present and pervasive in effect but which remain invisible or unspoken. Her self-given task was to make a place in which this absence could be palpably felt and to create a space simultaneously empty and full."--Annhamiltonstudio.com.

Alternative Title

Myein

Subjects

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references.

Language (note)

Text in English and Italian.

Call Number

JQE 17-1069

OCLC

43989539

Author

Hamilton, Ann, 1956-

Title

Ann Hamilton : myein : the United States Pavilion, 48th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy, June 12-November 7, 1999 / organized by Katy Kline and Helaine Posner, United States commissioners.

Imprint

[Place of publication not identified] : [Katy Kline and Helaine Posner], [1999]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Language

Text in English and Italian.

Added Author

Posner, Helaine.

Kline, Katy.

Biennale di Venezia (48th : 1999)

Research Call Number

JQE 17-1069

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